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To: D.B. Cooper who wrote (10053)	12/5/2002 2:01:45 PM
From: D.B. Cooper	Respond to of 13815

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To: D.B. Cooper who wrote (10053)	12/5/2002 10:40:06 PM
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<are you buying>> Yes, I bgt 1500 shrs. Let me try to get a chart on here. Its like the one that caused me to own a bunch of Dell in 1998 instead of Cpq or others. Vertical scale is the chance of a security producing the gains denoted on -axis (bottom) If you make one of these on paper , and put your own estimates on the chart it make things clearer as to what one may chose to invest in, depending on the risk one can tolerate.. 100...GB................................................................................................ ..CD,MM...........D.................................................................................GB=gov bond 4% 90..........CB..............................................................................................cd=C/D <4%, .................................................................................................................MM=money Mkt<4% .................................................................................................................CB= company bond to 8% 80..............................................................................................................D=Dell., estimated chances ..95% .................................................................................................................that they will grow 12.5%/yr.,50% ..................................................................................................................chance they will grow 25%/yr etc 70...........................................D...................................................................... ................................................................................................................. 60................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 50..............................................................D................................................... ................................................................................................................. 40................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 30................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 20.....................................................................................D............................ ................................................................................................................. 10................................................................................................................. ................................................................................................................. 0..........5.........10.......15.......20........25.......30.......35.......40.......45.......50 Percent gain per yr-can be in sales, earnings, whatever Sig