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To: Boplicity who wrote (9726)	11/7/2002 6:59:00 PM
From: D.B. Cooper	Respond to of 13815

Now you have been away way to long Are you getting a tired of being down in that basement all the time, and you decided to take a peek at the outside world? <VBG>

To: Boplicity who wrote (9726)	11/9/2002 7:53:25 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 13815

Nice to hear your voice Bo: Here is one bio that seems very promising, although it is not clearly noted at first that it is used with radiation. biz.yahoo.com I have to go over and apologize to Kemble. After 2 years of trading, it is still questionable whether I can beat Dell. Trading does keep things interesting, make huge sums for brokers, but am I really learning things of importance ? Regards Sig

To: Boplicity who wrote (9726)	11/9/2002 11:32:38 PM
From: Sig	Respond to of 13815

BO: I got this in an e-mail from an old friend in Calif, we worked together at North American Aviation in 1949 on the F-89 and B-45 >>>Sig: This, you know, is an ancient Chinese curse "May you live in intesting times." I bring you up to date on my portfolio: ACF, FIC, HBC, IGT, MO, NFI, PEI, REG, RPT, SFI, AND TMA. Luckily, I am already ahead on one of these: FIC. >>> And I sent him this in reply: About that market- never saw so many people myself included who obviously do not know what they are doing. I mean they know what they are trying to (make money) but the market is so perverse its pitiful. Will a War bring it down ? I dont know Should we buy defense issues? I dont know. Since nobody knows what they are doing, we should be able to make some easy bucks- only need luck and some kind of stability in the market because while it is tanking gains are very rare. I gave this trading everything I had for over 6 months-still cant tell if its worthwhile . I lost 4% while the Nas lost 30%. So if the market was flat I should have made 26% Right? An interesting figure (the 26% difference) in that with a flat market in the 1960's I could make 22% of which the broker got 11% . Dell has been very strong here, I am about 33% in that and may get more. I got a bit of IGT who claim a very positive future and hope that slops over into Ally as I have more of that than IGT. I see you go for dividends which is very proper . I dont have enough in the market that dividends would help, so I play it different. I sometimes get discouraged over the fact I dont seem to learn much about the market, but do seem to improve slightly each week, get better at selling at the peak, and am now ready to buy a bit more if it goes down. On bad days I go work on my house or garage. Old habits of fixing things and saving money, and adding to propery value. Kind of brings the mind back to solid earth from the vague provinces of outrageous hope and the Internet. . Neither of us need to risk this market, except for the challenge. We both got to our present positions from careers and property development. In the worst event , I guess you could subdivide your (xxxxx) property and sell maybe 20 lots , and I could too- but fewer and less expensive (hahaha). But I put that operation in the category of 'work' and am only going to do that as a last resort. Regards Sig