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To: GraceZ who wrote (1660)	6/4/2002 3:07:15 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17639

I guess my question would be "why are the institutions buying a market that is going down?". Doesn't seem to make much sense to buy stuff that is going to be cheaper in a couple of months. BTW: I was looking at the yahoo profiles on a few companies, and indeed, it does appear that institutional ownership is increasing. Something like 3.5% for JDSU, 1.5% for CSCO 2.75% for DIS 3.3% for MSFT 2.7% for ORCL 2.5% for INTC These are quarter to quarter numbers. It doesn't make sense to me, but your data seems to be corroborated by a second source.

To: GraceZ who wrote (1660)	6/4/2002 4:33:22 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17639

i'm just curious... are not institutions able to "mask" their accumulation? could they also not be able to mask (to a certain extent) their distribution. moneyflow is a tried and true factor of market direction analysis... that being said, it makes sense "they" will do whatever possible to continue cloaking distribution. if that is true...it would only add to length of time (chinese water torturre) for the naz to develop a sustained uptrend.. (so...are people still talking about the L shaped bottom? or is it a U now?? much too late for any talk of v's. <g>) >>BTW the institutional buying is not all voluntary, the members are being forced against their will to get long against the relentless public selling. yes indeed, they have to buy something, one would imagine they are hedging all the while.