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To: LTK007 who wrote (51864)	4/16/2002 5:12:11 PM
From: Dave Gore	Respond to of 99280

its, I agree of course. Micros and Small caps, chosen selectively will likely continue to do really well. A lot of people don't realize that the Big Players can make a heck of a lot of money on what we all call a scalp trade. When they move a stock up 1/2 point or 1/3 point they can make 100 or 10,000X what we do. If it stalls, they are out or playing it short. That's why the small guy often does so poorly. The big players often aren't looking to make 10% or 15% or even 2%. They can do very well making 1% or less. We can't! Micro and small caps are risky but at least not from the manipulations of the big boys and hedge fund managers. If chosen wisely, the small guys can move them. And we don't have to worry about Pro Forma garbage. I don't advocate small cap or microcap only (and in fact they seldom are more than 15-20% of my short term portfolio) but where else can we make 300-400% in a few days or a month or two? Like FONX.