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To: Paul A who wrote (14165)	3/31/2001 11:47:23 AM
From: jeffersonkeith	Respond to of 37746

I agree Paul, there really is no thing such as easy money...more like money easily lost. I'm no longer a stock investor and haven't been so since last summer and I have no plans of returning to one. Even during the great "bubble run" my returns were modest and any winning positions eventually turned red. Picking and sticking with company's is difficult work and requires intense research and even more intense discipline. However, that said, understanding and trading the key reversal periods of the market and riding the intra-day waves on spreads can become easy but still requires discipline and obviously nothing is guaranteed. Sharck has said it numerous times and others as well..."find your style". I was a horrible investor but am a damn good trader. I still hold a few fat losses in my account (ISLD, MRVC, MMPT) if not only to remind me that I'm not an investor and have been quite a failure as one. Hmmm, just opened correspondence from GM...bought 8yrs ago for 58 and now only out of the money by about 11%...put that in your pipe Mr. Buffet! Anywho, gotta run...got a foot of snow overnight and still more on the menu. However, I see that the pending recession is finally taking a toll on Costa Rican real estate prices (one of my favorite hot spots)...and they will only get cheaper. Cheers!

To: Paul A who wrote (14165)	3/31/2001 12:11:38 PM
From: Tracy Moore	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 37746

You're BRAINWASHED dude... a SHEEP being led to slaughter... Thats why you get "sheep" returns, and stick your money into mutual funds making, diversifying and making +20% in a BULL, and .. -15%, -25%, -50% in a BEAR, and there you go listening to stock market analysts and watching CNBC all the time... and what have the ANALsyts been telling you and you bit off, as they took your money like candy from a baby, and collected MILLION $ BONUSES... THEN: Oh yeah NAZ going to 6000- give your money to us, & we'll take you there. NOW: Play it safe- think long term hold- give your money to the us pros and we'll take care of it in these hard times. Now guess how many times Tracy Moore and the FEMPSters mention CNBC, earnings, market analysts ratings, the gdp, unemployment, interest rates in posts... 0 TIMES EVER! You are a sheep who thinks he knows something... but actually knows ONLY 5%... thats why no matter how hard you try, you can never BUY LOW and SELL HIGH, and SHORT HIGH and COVER LOW... and if you GOD FORBID venture out on your own, you end up GUESSIN for YEARS and YEARS like A&P and Mr. Pink, instead of making money the the FAST and EAAAAAAAAAAAAASY WAY like Tracy Moore and the FEMPSters. Because, The economy and company fundamentals have VERY LITTLE (5% or so) to do with STOCK PRICES... and 95% in INVESTOR PSYCHOLOGY- whether investors think stocks will go up or down... and likewise, the FAST and EAAAAAAAAAAAASY MONEEEE is 95% STRATEGY and only 5% LUCK... Now in this scenario, he FEMPSters don't make PICKS... the FEMPSter makes PLAYS... there is a big difference... Plays are OPPORTUNISTIC, and are fabricated from basic human emotions(GREED and FEAR), the basic laws of supply and demand, and anticipation of future events(the "story")... In short, GREED vs. FEAR + SUPPLY vs. DEMAND + STORY = PLAY. Now if you were one of those sheep who followed A&P and Mr. Pink the last few years- those guys were making GUESSES, and all the SHEEP got fleeced daily... they guessed wrong and lost huge for years and missed out on the FAST and EAAAAAAASY MONEEEEE and, after making some chump change for a few months in the inevitable BEAR MARKET, are losing again... Now the MASTERS of the PLAY are the WORLD-FAMOUS FEMPSter SHORTBUSTERS... you asked how DA FEMPSter made 45 points of FAST and EAAAAAAAASY MONEEEEE at ZIXI... well heres how the SHORTBUSTERS squeezed out SHORTIES once on the way up and once on the way down: The BULL MARKET DOUBLE-BUST of ZIXI and GENE of March 16- March 27, 2000: Message 13208331 Message 13212409 Message 13218881 Message 13243435 Message 13259589 Message 13265175 Message 13265294 Message 13269515 Message 13287741 And the BEAR MARKET BUST of ZIXI July 8- July 18, 2000: Message 14019128 Message 14041863 Message 14064837 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Its FAST and EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASY MONEEEEE!!!