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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (1766)	10/22/1997 11:06:00 AM
From: Investor2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Interesting View of Diversification: techstocks.com Best wishes, I2

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (1766)	10/22/1997 8:26:00 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Dipy: A T. Rowe Price flyer I received some time ago showed that one got the maximum returns with the least risk by having a 30% allocation to international. To me that implies that you could have enjoyed 30+% return YTD 1997 had you had that 10% excess invested in the VANGUARD Index 500, Extended Market, or Small Cap fund instead of your chosen international funds which averaged approximately 10% return. BB dropped his recommended international allocation from 30% to 25% a few years ago to take advantage his perception that the U.S. markets had better upside. P