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To: Elroy who wrote (1307)	9/3/2006 2:00:51 AM
From: Sr K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20435

Ditto. "You sell PMTR, FTO and TGS for a total of $57.18, pay 1% commission, and have have $56.556 cash. So 5% of $56.556 cash is $2.83, 15% of that is $8.48, and 25% of that is $14.14." 57.18 -1% = 56.608 Also, the percentages add to 100% in both columns, so it is add'l shares of TGC.

To: Elroy who wrote (1307)	9/3/2006 1:57:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20435

Here we go! You cannot buy OVTI on Friday's close and then sell it next Wednesday and buy something else (which sounds like your plan). You can buy it on Friday's close, and sell it next Wednesday, but then you'd have to sit in cash (with the money generated from the OVTI sale) until the next Buy date. Since your sentence says "that is, if I can sell OVTI and then throw its percentage behind another stock" I'm going to put in your order without OVTI. Actually, I wanted to sell it and throw its share of the percentage total behind another stock in my portfolio. For example, sell OVTI and add its percentage of the total=5% to GIGM so that it goes from 15% to 20% at that point or whatever OVTI's percentage was at the time of sale. What I am suggesting is that when we sell something instead of it becoming cash[ = dead money] why can't the money go behind another stock? Make sense........or does this present a logistical hassle for you? Maybe you could limit it to one trade per month in addition to the end of the month changes...so that if we sell something there isn't this big 'vacuum' til the end of the month. You sell PMTR, FTO and TGS for a total of $57.18, pay 1% commission, and have have $56.556 cash. So 5% of $56.556 cash is $2.83, 15% of that is $8.48, and 25% of that is $14.14. Actually I am selling PMTR, ERS, FTO and reducing TGC from 40% of the total to 15%. I realize now this might be a major hassle for you.......do you use Excel? Would it be easier for you if I just dropped TGC completely? Let me know. Hmmm, before I can proceed I have a question. You aren't selling TGC, but you've also got it listed in the New Buys section. What do you mean when you write TGC 15%? Do you want to use 15% of the $56.556 cash generated to buy more TGC, and add that to your existing position in TGC? That would make TGC your biggest position since you already have $31.63 of TGC before any trades.... What I want to do is reduce TGC from 40% to 15%. Is that doable? BTW forget about OVTI and the bounce.....this is confusing enough. Lets make this simple - you've got $56.556 cash - what do you want me to do with it (based on Friday's closing prices)? Actually, that number would change if you reduce TGC's portion like I am asking. Let me know about that and then I will figure out the numbers.