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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (47757)	10/10/2001 2:55:51 PM
From: Thomas Mercer-Hursh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

While there doesn't seem much question that most of us could look back and do things differently which would yield us bigger portfolios today, there are several key points which keep many of us from wanting to trade our portfolios more actively. These include: 1. We can see what would have worked in the past, but we didn't see it then and doubt that we will see it going forward. 2. We are skeptical that such a dramatic occurrence as the recent bubble and bust sequence will occur again any time soon; lesser variations are both more difficult to detect with confidence and yield less dramatic comparisons. 3. Many of us are skeptical of our ability to make timing decisions with sufficient accuracy to actually achieve the desired results since mistakes in timing can significant reduce the benefit or even produce losses. 4. Some of us a lazy.