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To: GraceZ who wrote (161275)	4/21/2002 9:52:18 PM
From: orkrious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Meanwhile some very nice small to mid caps gave you a very decent return last year and even more in the last six-seven months. If you were focused on the end of the world as we know it, you missed 'em. I've had a few longs that were winners and a few longs that were losers, but basically I stayed away. However, my point is is that I expect the direction of the average stock to be mostly down with some even over the next few years. J6P should not be putting his money in the market. The good traders and spectacular investors will make money. The average American won't. [edit] I was excluding PMs from my discussion

To: GraceZ who wrote (161275)	4/21/2002 11:53:15 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<<Why is when someone suggests people should be investing someone else assumes investing means buying INTC, CSCO, AMAT, and MSFT?>> Because they are the largest stocks meaning virtually every mutual/pension/index fund does?? <<Meanwhile some very nice small to mid caps gave you a very decent return last year and even more in the last six-seven months>> Sorry, I've got BILLIONS to put to work... gotta have something with a market cap!! <VBG> << Some small innovative companies will capitalize on this,>> Again, seriously, not where the equity investors are on average... not even close. <<This is the kind of market I love, when the public hates stocks. >> I think you've been hanging around here too long... better check all the sentiment numbers and equity allocations of wall street houses as well as average cash in mutual funds and average equity dollar % from new 401k contributions... public may sound worried... but they LOVE stocks. <NFG> dAK

To: GraceZ who wrote (161275)	4/22/2002 6:55:45 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 436258

Hi Grace, <<nice small to mid caps>> ... The small caps in aggregate may have been rising, at least in theory. Few people were able to benefit, in practice. This is what 'stock pickers market' explicitly promises, namely nothing. <<This is the kind of market I love, when the public hates stocks>> I do not love stocks. Some others hate stocks. The majority love stocks, in dollops. My fully disclosed allocation/position and performance to date is here (embedded within an exchange of e-mails amongst friends on stocks and how they should be loved), and as you can see, well on way to a 5% return by year end: Message 17360779 Chugs, Jay