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To: Roger Sherman who wrote (25669)	3/21/2001 1:53:04 AM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Interesting calculations. And if anyone bought at, say, 3 9/16 per share, and the stock goes up 15% per year APY (1.17% per month compounded), it'll take 24 months just to hit break-even, or 45 months to have $1 per share profit. By the same calculation, shares purchased at $4 will be underwater for 3 years. To get back to the old highs in 5 years would take 6.8% gains per month compounded (120% APY). It'd still take 20 months to get back to double digits even at that rate. If we use a ridiculously optimistic 3.44% per month compounded (50% APY), here's what it looks like for the next 120 months: Month Price 1 2.77 2 2.87 3 2.97 4 3.07 5 3.18 6 3.29 7 3.4 8 3.52 9 3.64 10 3.76 11 3.89 12 4.03 13 4.17 14 4.31 15 4.46 16 4.61 17 4.77 18 4.94 19 5.11 20 5.28 21 5.46 22 5.65 23 5.85 24 6.05 25 6.25 26 6.47 27 6.69 28 6.92 29 7.16 30 7.41 31 7.66 32 7.93 33 8.2 34 8.48 35 8.77 36 9.08 37 9.39 38 9.71 39 10.05 40 10.39 41 10.75 42 11.12 43 11.5 44 11.9 45 12.31 46 12.73 47 13.17 48 13.62 49 14.09 50 14.58 51 15.08 52 15.6 53 16.13 54 16.69 55 17.26 56 17.86 57 18.47 58 19.11 59 19.76 60 20.44 61 21.15 62 21.87 63 22.63 64 23.41 65 24.21 66 25.04 67 25.91 68 26.8 69 27.72 70 28.67 71 29.66 72 30.68 73 31.74 74 32.83 75 33.96 76 35.12 77 36.33 78 37.58 79 38.88 80 40.21 81 41.6 82 43.03 83 44.51 84 46.04 85 47.62 86 49.26 87 50.96 88 52.71 89 54.52 90 56.4 91 58.34 92 60.35 93 62.42 94 64.57 95 66.79 96 69.09 97 71.47 98 73.93 99 76.47 100 79.1 101 81.82 102 84.64 103 87.55 104 90.56 105 93.67 106 96.9 107 100.23 108 103.68 109 107.24 110 110.93 111 114.75 112 118.7 113 122.78 114 127.01 115 131.37 116 135.89 117 140.57 118 145.4 119 150.41 120 155.58 Sobering stuff...