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To: Alan Hume who wrote (4419)	10/31/1997 6:38:00 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 9124

Excellent comments and evaluation. Thanks. Emile

To: Alan Hume who wrote (4419)	10/31/1997 10:53:00 AM
From: Z Analyzer	Respond to of 9124

<<My conclusion is that matter how small the pot is , hold back a portion, say 30%, for the opportunities>> Seems like an huge amoumnt to keep out of the markets which will hurt performance considerably over time. Why not stay off margin and then go to a consevative level like 20% when real opportunities arise?

To: Alan Hume who wrote (4419)	10/31/1997 11:58:00 AM
From: robert elmasian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

Alan, I have to agree with just about everything you said except for one thing you might have implied. I do not think that big drops let the big guys make much money off the little guy. Most large mutual funds cannot even beat the indices. Almost everybody gets hammered when the markets lose billions in market cap. There are exceptions, but these usually apply to just a few stocks and very special situations in currency and commodity markets. It is just too expensive and dangerous to manipulate whole markets with your own funds like the Bass brothers tried some years ago with silver. It's much easier to manipulate "penny" or story stocks. Bob