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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (1862)	10/26/1997 7:47:00 PM
From: Renee Scherb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

FWIW, this is from Sunday's NY Times financial section: "Analysts caution that [Dow dogs] investments, whether funds or trusts, may yet become victims of their increasing popularity ... So far this year, the three mutual funds and the ML trust that started on Jan 2 have underperformed the S&P 500 ..." An analyst is quoted as warning that the dogs may lag the market, "If the Dow dog strategy becomes too popular, it will lose its contrarian edge. The key to the strategy working is that it's based on buying overlooked, unpopular stocks." Maybe we have the goddess to thank for spreading the word too widely? <g> In any event, I'm shy of any "system" for buying stocks, whether it's called the Nifty Fifty or Dow Dogs. Best bet, IMO, is either to buy the market (BB's beloved indexes) or be a selective picker of stocks you really know and understand. Each to his own! Renee