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To: SI Dave who wrote (26)	10/13/2004 1:04:02 PM
From: Biomaven	Respond to of 40

A watch list attached to a thread would certainly be better than nothing. Delayed quotes are fine, and it would also be fine if they only refreshed manually so as to help cut down the number of quote requests. I'd suggest a limit of a dozen stocks if you need a limit at all. Makes sense to limit to 10+ users and investment forums. But the portfolios enabled folks to show what they could do over long periods, and they enabled some popular stuff such as the charity portfolio competition. Portfolios were one of the key features that distinguished SI from other "chat" sites. The VD portfolio and the thread surrounding it (no longer active) are what first attracted me to SI. The portfolios wouldn't need to be anything fancy - people aren't looking for automatic split adjustments or anything like that. Stock symbol, number of shares, initial price (input), initial cost (calculated), current price, current value (calculated), profit/loss (calculated) and a calculated totals row is about it. Peter

To: SI Dave who wrote (26)	10/16/2004 1:04:04 PM
From: scaram(o)uche	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 40

The Dryers set a format that attracted the very best of biotech investors, and you (as a proxy for Bob) had the guts to save -- if not nurture --it. It's pretty simple...... you can have a half-assed site, or you can provide portfolios. It is very strange, IMO, that you are arguing with us, rather than working to provide the tools that sophisticated investors have gathered around. Seems that a history of success among sophisticated users would be your major marketing tool? No? Have you thought about using the performance of SI's portfolios as a marketing tool? About putting a small ad in Money Magazine or sumthin, pointing to the success? Weird, very weird, that you'd prefer to trash our tools.