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To: Dolomight who wrote (16994)	10/2/2001 4:40:51 PM
From: BWAC	Respond to of 18929

Have you considered: Reviewing the stocks in the Naz 100 and investing in the 70 or so that are worthy and throwing the other 30 away? You could do/establish/trade that yourself and possibly better the return the whole messy index might get?

To: Dolomight who wrote (16994)	10/2/2001 6:38:21 PM
From: OldAIMGuy	Respond to of 18929

Hi Scott, If it were only 0.22% then I'd say it's a good deal, but at 1.60% it's way over the average of all stock funds (currently around 1.1%, I believe). Best regards, Tom

To: Dolomight who wrote (16994)	10/3/2001 9:02:08 AM
From: rgammon	Respond to of 18929

Scott, The distribution and service fees mean that when you bu this fund, you won't see a commission charge on your confirmation statement. The broker is paid out of that fee. Depending on the structure of commissions at your brokerage and the size of your trades, this MAY be a bargain, or it may be an obscenely high charge. All things considered, maybe you should buy one of the iShares, Spyders, or one of the other exchange traded index funds for lower costs. 1.22% is not too bad for a load fund, but you can do better with no-loads or exchange traded funds. Robert