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To: john722 who wrote (67365)	5/15/2002 4:57:14 AM
From: Steve Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

MSFT is 3.33% of the Dow and 10.94% of the Nasdaq 100. I believe (but am not sure) that it is a negligible percentage of the Nasdaq Composite. So an isolated 20% drop in MSFT would lead to: 0.67% drop in the Dow 2.19% drop in the Nasdaq 100 negligible drop in Nasdaq Composite (and similar for S&P 500) Note the word "isolated". Chances are that if MSFT drops 20% then other stocks will drop sharply too as part of a general market breakdown. It would take some severe MSFT specific news to drop 20% outside of a general market breakdown. Are you thinking of its current antitrust difficulties?