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To: H James Morris who wrote (149857)	11/10/2002 11:45:02 AM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

HJM,re:"what can you do?". If you have 'extra gambling money', continue invest in those? Also, you need energy to keep up with those guys. So, in brief, I stop looking at anything that has a prospect of over 12.916366% annual appreciation (ggg, that's a new concept in investing?). But, if you still enjoy being 'robbed' once in awhile while you are waiting for hitting the Jackpot, don't stop. It takes tough mentality and youth's energy to deal with it. Unfortunately, I've lost both. Here comes the chant: USA..USA..USA..USA..USA..USA........ Now, the simple fact and hard/cruel truth: 1. money is like drug. 2. money is evil. (especially when someone else got most of it and you don't have enough) 3. nobody can shake a 'drug habit' <-- this will be the killer of this society, as I hinted to Glen (sign of ill). 4. whatever you saw/heard on wallstreet the last couple of years, it's just the tip of the iceburg and it's the beginning. Little guys have NO CHANCE. Evidence/sign: the resignation of 'Pitt' (the SEC chairman?). EVEN if you don't lose or win a little, you still lose if someone else get more(much more). Hence, AG is really pushing the BUBBLE to a different level at different place, (eg: the egos, the realEstate), by printing more money. 5. the notion the top 5-10% deserve majority of wealth and it's politically correct is another sign of ill. 6. the violence is so rampant in this country and in many shapes and forms. Remember I've been labelling the 'violent rewards and compensations'. Someday, there will be commission/nobel prize winner(s) studying the coreelation between 'violence in compensation/awards' and 'violence in society as we commonly know'. Decide how much do you need to live? Sounds like you already have too much. So go invest your play money and enjoy it. It'll get even much more than you need to live. Sometimes it's a ego thing. I don't know if the 'EGO bubble' will ever pop before death.