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To: LLCF who wrote (141608)	1/4/2002 2:10:41 AM
From: ild	Respond to of 436258

<<<I think all the traders that were short here covered most everything if I remember correctly.... does that count?? :)>>> No. That doesn't count. My question was about people who got sucked into internet/semi/bio bubble. They didn't buy/sell anything in 2001. In was related to ideas in Trimtabs report: FUND INVESTORS DIDN'T COME BACK AFTER OCTOBER 1987 FOR TWO YEARS. Mutual fund investors after the October 1987 debacle were net redeemers from October 1987 through early 1989, withdrawing about $20 billion, or 10% of the $205 billion total US equity fund assets as of the end of December 1988. What's more, the $28 billion that flowed into equity funds between January and September 1987 was not exceeded until 1991 - after the stock market had rebounded 22%. In other words, individual investors basic operating mode appears to be: once hurt - twice shy. trimtabs.com