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To: charlie who wrote (6259)	12/8/1997 10:48:00 PM
From: Lorare	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Don't under estimate the wizards of Wall Street. AOL is soaring for a reason. Early views of AOL 4.0 are meeting with rave reviews and AOL users will all be given upgrades before Xmas, or so I hear. This new version seemlessly integrates with the Web and for the novice user, which accounts for probably 80% of us, it is all a user needs. Be very cautious if you are short AOL. A stock split is in the offing, as are better than expected earnings. There is a very clear reason for all the recent upgrades, these "wizards" are in the know. If you fight this tape, you are asking for a very nasty capital loss.

To: charlie who wrote (6259)	12/9/1997 1:28:00 AM
From: Steve Robinett	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

Charlie, >>This is somewhat off topic now. So far AOL has one buy recommandation everyday. Anyone care to guess when the pool of analysts will be exhausted? When that happens, I guess they could just re-affirm a recommandations, thus keeping the streak alive and push AOL to 200 a share.<< Didn't this current round of upgrades start exactly that way? AOL tanked after earnings and analysts who had a buy on it reiterated. I still want to start a contest to find even one brokerage house without a buy on AOL. BTW, I suspect AOL has some plans in the wind that might cause them to have to do a bit more finacing a la the recent $350k debentures and $200k credit line. If that's the case, it goes a long way toward explaining why brokerages are scrambling to be good to them. Best -Steve