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To: Louis V. Lambrecht who wrote (13434)	8/1/2001 1:54:23 PM
From: Paul Shread	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 52237

I hate to sound naive, but I think it would be great if the SEC limited selling by the houses on upgrades or bullish comments. When the houses say one thing and do another, the system has even less integrity than it's supposed to. I think the best thing that could come out of this bear market would be a complete collapse of public trust in the system. Heck, we're all supposed to be putting all our savings and retirement funds in the market, would be nice if they cleaned up this analyst idiocy a bit (right after they take on the issue of what goes into corporate press releases). Just my naive, misguided two cents worth...

To: Louis V. Lambrecht who wrote (13434)	8/1/2001 2:03:46 PM
From: donald sew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 52237

Lambrecht, >>>> at the big houzes the analysts are "sell side analysts". Abby, Ralph, Barton,... Their job is to sell the inventory (issues the houze had committed to buy from the cos. at any capital increase, merger, secondary offering, debt conversion into equities,...name it). Mark up the price and sell, that is their job. What can the SEC do? <<<< If/when the SEC steps in they will find away around it, and if the SEC was able to find a way, it would take years. But why does it have to go so far as with the SEC. The individual investor can just move their money away from firms which are not really looking out for the individual investor. If more people talk about it and relay the message to others - hey thats already good. Do I think that the individual investors can make a strong impact immediately, of course not, but if we can help a few thats good enough for me.