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To: pbull who wrote (11001)	7/23/2003 12:18:34 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13815

<<< This has become the watch and wait market, in my opinion. Apparently this thread has taken that to heart, but no one is even bothering to watch.>>> I'm watching every day but cannot come up with many specific plays to suggest to others. . We said this was easy (during the boom), but its not any more -its more like 1995 or 1996 I had to leave the techs and go mostly elsewhere, although someone with more patience and less greed could have held Dell and a few others. And I am doing that too. I've had to jump around, move back and forth, on any stock I have a bit of experience with. Never made a nickle on Intc, msft, Aol, Orcl. txn, etc .I avoid them, which dont mean everyone should. I cant explain my problem but assume it has something to do with too many shares, or manipulation, so I avoid most big companies. Same applies to airlines, aircraft, oils, cruise lines, gold, copper, etc Where I do best is on major news items, not beating by a few cents, but earning double what they expected. Or a split announcement. Buy the moment the news comes out , but many do not get up at 3 am as I do to read all the news And if one has a job or adequate income, I dont recommend doing that. That action gave me Tsco, (which I had anyway) , which moved up ever since the split declaration . Gave me NTE, which moved up into a split, gave me IGT ( which I had anyway), the day it declared a 4/1 split. And one more was CAT, which blew away earnings estimates so I jumped on it. Are these LTBH ? I cant promise that but they have the potential. Wish they were , but have to play it day by day Have already sold the Sohu, Nte, Sina, nearly all the Igt . I do not assume the market will get any clearer or better, just that I believe it will still move up some. I do know if one hangs in there long enough, learns the behavior of a few stocks over a few years, that one can gradually decrease mistakes and improve. I knew 20 minutes after I bought the last set of INTC calls I would get wooped, and did. I also knew when I bought Dell at 31 that I could hold it, and have done that.. Need to play Fdry, Jnpr, Beas a bit different than some. Seem to be manipulated- slaughtered just before last options expiry. LT could be good , so I kept the Jnpr Leaps. Putting profits in TMA. NFI, for good dividends, but I even sell those now and then Sig