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To: ~digs who wrote (70)	2/18/2004 9:56:44 PM
From: Baton	Respond to of 1338

~protege: "the only other thing i'd consider owning are niche microcap story stocks.. w/ an emphasis on security related issues" I agree. I own biotech/biodefense story stocks and some rats. I recently added a large chunk to Rydex Funds as I like their leveraged funds (long and short) that can be traded twice a day. For now I expect all dips to be bought and all rallys sold. Most importantly, I'm usually trading about 20-25% max. The rest is earning a whopping 1.5%. No heroics for me right now. Baton

To: ~digs who wrote (70)	2/19/2004 1:28:17 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 1338

Thanks for those thoughts, good grist for the mill. exactly what I'm exploring for, trying to position such that I can tear myself away from the market for periods of time.

To: ~digs who wrote (70)	2/19/2004 1:38:54 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 1338

All one would have had to do was go long early last March and never look back... The daily close of the Standard & Poor's 500 index, considered the benchmark of the U.S. equity market, bottomed out on March 11, 2003, closing at 800.73. At the end of trading Wednesday, the index stood at 1151.82. That represents a gain of 44 percent--not bad for a stock market said by some to be permanently damaged by the Nasdaq bust of 2000-2002. Of course, the S&P 500, like all major stock market indexes, remains below its all-time high. The S&P 500 closed at 1527.46 on March 24, 2000. That means stocks are off 25 percent from their peak. I think now is the time to use caution. It seems to me the easy $$ has already been lapped up..