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To: Gottfried who wrote (13660)	12/19/1997 12:31:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

GM OT Re: I did sell some tech stocks, though. You mean you weren't out there buying? Where is your sense of adventure?<G> ReBut even though my portfolio is now lower than Oct 27/28 I'm strangely calm I too, am calm for the most part. In July/August, I was upset when AMAT & LRCX and others in my portfolio were rising so fast. People have the impression that a sudden rise is the greatest feeling in the world. To be quite honest, it made me somewhat queasy and I should have read the signals and sold. Now that we're down here though, what is the real risk? Believe it or not, I probably feel better now than in August simply because I am not worried about losing everything-it's already gone<Sob!> People cannot understand when I tell them this, but a stock which is up 300-400% in one year makes one uneasy, not ecstatic. You now have 400% more to lose and so IMO your worry increases proportionally. Regards, Brian