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To: fedhead who wrote (142685)	6/3/2002 4:47:39 PM
From: H James Morris	Respond to of 164684

What's the most common mistake you see investors making? Looking backward. There are periods of time in which growth stocks do very well and there are others when value stocks outperform. It's remarkably cyclical. Most investors tend to commit their money to whichever sector has performed well over the past few years. That's typically exactly the wrong thing. What I find is that growth and value within the small cap sector, on a historical basis, are very good inverse indicators of what to buy for the future. In other words, the late 1990s were good for growth investors. 1999 through 2002 have been dear to value investors. No one knows what the future will bring, but as a gambling man, I sure think that the wise speculator looks toward small cap growth.