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To: Galirayo who wrote (14086)	12/27/2005 7:34:39 PM
From: Sergio H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23958

I like to beat the rush. Thanks for confirmation. Low volume today is ok. Look at IDSY's day to day volume until Nov. 24th last year: finance.yahoo.com ...and from the Where's Santa corner: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2005 3:16 p.m. EST INVESTORS' SOAPBOX PM \| Traders Still Wait For Santa Claus Barrington Research 161 N. Clark St., Suite 2950 Chicago, Ill. 60601 (Tel) (312) 634-6000 AS WE ENTER THE LAST TRADING WEEK of the year, many traders are still betting on a strong finish with the usual Santa Claus rally. Santa has not exactly been stuffing Wall Street stockings with a lot of short-term profits in recent weeks, but one redeeming reason lies in the fact that we already had a very strong rally from mid-October through the end of November. That rally was followed by a couple of weeks of modest profit-taking and selling in early December following a more modest resumption of the up trend in the last two weeks. Last week, the market was up fairly broadly with most market averages higher, though gains were well under 1%. It took a lot of good fundamental news, however, to keep the market generally rising for the second straight week The market was also supported by good economic news on balance. The third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) [growth] was revised downward to 4.1%, but that was still a healthy pace and the leading indicators were stronger than expected for the second straight monthly gain. A glance at the S&P sectors indicate that it was not a very broad advance last week, particularly for the larger stocks that comprise the S&P 500, since six of the ten sectors declined. The mixed result is consistent with our sector strategy for 2006 which aims for a judicious mix between cyclical and defensive stocks with a focus on stock selection. In terms of investment styles, growth stocks suffered a bit last week relative to value, but we also believe it will be the other way around for 2006. Everything seems to be happening a little earlier each year about this time. Tax-loss selling begins and peaks a little earlier (as mentioned, much of the expected fourth-quarter rally already occurred by the end of November), and investors expecting big-cap stocks to finally start outperforming again in 2006 have already been moving money out of small caps. But it's probably a good idea to not move too fast, since small-cap stocks generally outperformed large-cap stocks last week and the so-called seasonal January Effect, when previously depressed small-cap stocks have a good rally, still lies ahead. In fact, [that effect] also seems to start a little earlier each year and may already be in progress. It may turn out that the December portion of the fourth-quarter rally will be a positive if the likely early profit-taking reduces the risk of a feared January downturn like last year.>