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To: Julius Wong who wrote (3603)	3/26/2001 9:55:37 PM
From: MKTBUZZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4916

For all those who lost their shirts: traderwear.com lol

To: Julius Wong who wrote (3603)	3/28/2001 7:42:07 AM
From: Julius Wong	Respond to of 4916

Brush With the Bear Causes Street Firms to Change Ads By VANESSA O'CONNELL and SUZANNE VRANICA Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Edgy market times call for edgy marketing measures. That seems to be the motto these days on Wall Street. With stock markets gyrating wildly -- in less than a week the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged perilously close to a bear market, then surged more than 9% from Thursday's low -- the nation's largest financial firms are scrambling to revise or replace their ad campaigns. ... ... ... ... Samples of hardball ads rolled out by financial firms in today's bouncy market: (upper left) Merrill Lynch expects a spring rally; (upper right) Charles Schwab warns investors not to sit on the sidelines; (lower right) in a Schwab TV commercial: a town hall for concerned investors. It is enough for Fidelity Investments to bring back legendary fund manager Peter Lynch. The Boston brokerage and mutual-fund giant retired Mr. Lynch as its pitchman in November. In new print ads launched this week, however, Mr. Lynch, now a Fidelity vice chairman, lectures investors not to get too jumpy: "In the U.S., we've had 53 market corrections, declines of 10% or more, in the past 100 years. So for long-term investors (someone with an investment horizon of 10 or 20 years, not three weeks from Wednesday), volatility shouldn't be unexpected." ... ... ... ... URL for this Article: interactive.wsj.com