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To: edamo who wrote (33817)	3/16/2001 1:38:08 PM
From: im a survivor	Respond to of 65232

Very true ed...but you must admitt the phrase.....the market is war.....sure has alot more merit today then say 5 or 10 years ago. Now we have bears and bulls and the age of information overload all at the same time...all intermingeling ( sp?) together on this vast internet......look around SI...YHOO...almost any finacial chat board......every day, it looks more and more like a war zone and less like an investement forum.....so I do see and agree with your points........lets not make too big a deal over the war zone statement......I said it and meant it, but not really how your taking it....basically, the market is REAL and the market is ROUGH and yes, sometimes it resembles a war zone....hey fred, how do things look on the trading floors these days? I'll bet the tension is so thick you can cut it with a knife!! Thanks ed...always appreciate your thoughts keith......and you'll be proud of me...I have gone a whole day without throwing my rmbs money at something else.....letting the price come to me on whatever I buy, or so be it......

To: edamo who wrote (33817)	3/16/2001 2:00:58 PM
From: AllansAlias	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

You decry the use of the phrase "the market is war", yet, we all look for companies that are ruthless winners. They know it's a war in the marketplace. GE, MSFT, and other great companies that returned enormous profits for investors were not built by "rising above the fray". I understand what you mean, and I agree wholeheartedly when it comes to one's personal life, but the people on the other side of your equity trades will not be looking at it this way.

To: edamo who wrote (33817)	3/16/2001 3:05:13 PM
From: Percival 917	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Hi Ed, Your post reminded me of the movie War Games with Matthew Broderick. If you saw it, it had a computer trained in war games that almost started WWIII. They finally got it to realize that like tic tac toe, the only way to win was NOT to play. Lately it has been my take on this current market that the only way to win is NOT to play. Staying on the sidelines for awhile has only gained me MM rates but I haven't lost anything either. I think I will stay here until things settle down and then ease back in. Later, Joel