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To: im a survivor who wrote (11718)	11/7/2003 11:08:14 AM
From: Sig	Respond to of 13815

Re B+H vs trading Just starting to look at that Took 60 assorted stocks, listed the prices at 6 mos intervals for 36 months. Kept the chart simple ... In that 3 year period would like to make money, Right? Forget HD and WMT,IBM,HPQ, ADI, AMAT,COP Despite their reputatiion Could make a bit on LOW Dell reads like this -22,25,26,27,30,34,36 So if you dont look at the 17 on dips, and just check stock price in Jan or July, that could be livable. Home builders such as LEN and HOV did well, from 20 to 86, from 40 to 95 with minimal dips. TEVA, 23 to 57 PETM from 10 to 26 Any dips on those stocks are livable. Techs are a problem to rate, since they all tanked, but the chart is still useful. Just kind on mentally allow for them to have been taken down , usually too far And you had to buy the dip about 1 year ago (or just recently) to make profits, Forget GLW and NT, I could not watch those sink from $10 to $1 over an 18 month period with financial troubles NTE and NFI, PETM those are the kind we need UNA looks good, recently. So from what I have now, I can pick some stocks that seem livable and profitable for LTBH Looks like Tsco, Petm, Agi, Igt, Brli, Mss, Wdc, Len. Teva, and probably (or perhaps) HPQ And Dell which are slower. I dont recommend specific stocks, except Dell(haha) Am just showing how you can compare the stocks you deal in, and pick those most profitable and livable. Sig Incidently, I always look for stocks with good gains, since the churning that will occur eats up the value of (average) stocks, and if a stock has made an average of 7% a year in the past, the brokers will find a way to extract that money. (g) Notice I did not discuss dividend payers here