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To: kumar who wrote (47375)	10/2/2001 2:38:24 AM
From: paul_philp	Respond to of 54805

Kumar, Just because it is not explicit does not mean that is not implicit. The Gorilla Game developed from Tom Kippola's investment success beginning in 1990-1991. Most of that experience happened in a bull market. I find it easy to believe that the authors never seriously considered the impact of a bear market on the Gorilla Game. Paul

To: kumar who wrote (47375)	10/2/2001 3:03:35 AM
From: RobertHChaney	Respond to of 54805

The point I was addressing: Do we really know for a fact that GG actually works equally well under very different market conditions, and thus is truly market agnostic? I am saying that GG practiced to perfection, does not appear to work well in an extended bear market for the reasons I outlined, and so in fact may not be market agnostic. However, it may simply require some changes like I suggested (or others have or will), in order to be successful under certain extended market conditions like we are currently experiencing. Sorry Kumar if I was not clear in my meaning Robert