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To: Dale Baker who wrote (66482)	10/7/2008 7:05:42 PM
From: xstuckey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 118717

I'm unclear on how you'll manage not to give up another 10-20% if the market continues down. I realize if you're 50% cash, you'll only give up half as much as the market on average. Are you contemplating more selling ?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (66482)	10/7/2008 7:48:10 PM
From: xstuckey	Respond to of 118717

>>>My fear now is that the market indexes may have another 10-20% downside<<< My "fear" (and I certainly don't mean this unkindly) is that the markets will rally big before I gain significant exposure. As long as we're falling, I can deploy resources on a scale and feel comfortable. If we rally, I'm pretty much lost, as I have no idea whether the rally will hold or not. With the losses I took today, I'm down on the year by about 1%. Perhaps I'm the canary, and people like me will step up. If true, Condor, you have no worries !