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To: Hawk who wrote (8)	9/9/2002 10:07:42 PM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63

Geez, it seems that everyone on these boards are making the right moves all the time and mucho money <G> You've noticed that too, huh, Hawk? :-) Message 17971660

To: Hawk who wrote (8)	9/10/2002 12:54:19 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 63

Hawk, I played the mania like a madman. I've got stories! I worked for CSCO back then and on the day that CSCO hit $82 I called my wife into my office and said "I think we should sell". She said "let's wait for $100". Then came the toboggan ride down the steep slope. It took me far too long to get bearish and I lost a bunch of money. I did start getting smarter a little over a year ago and had a great year trading. But the lessons that it took to get here were very painful.

To: Hawk who wrote (8)	9/10/2002 10:33:55 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 63

>>it seems that everyone on these boards are making the right moves all the time and mucho money <G> << hmmm...i'm repeating myself.. :) don't you believe it, hawk you have to realize that few people will ever come out of the closet when they've been scammed. quite the contrary....you'll here people coming out stating "they sold" or yes, "i'm hedged with gold shares, yup, have been for at least a year now..." talk is cheap, people say one thing and pretty much do the opposite. that is why your honesty is so refreshing. i was chatting with a broker friend of mine a couple of months ago and he told me the most discouraging thing he was dealing with was the fact that he still had a very high percentage of clients who absolutely refused to sell stock and have ridden them all the way down..yet at the same time they quit buying...people are just loathe to recognize in real terms a loss. you've heard the saying, "you don't lose until you sell"... anecdotal evidence to be sure, but it certainly doesn't bode well for the bulls if this is a common situation with a majority of small investors.