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Technology Stocks : Y2K (Year 2000) Stocks: An Investment Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: paul e thomas who wrote (8737)	1/5/1998 3:32:00 PM
From: P. Ramamoorthy	Respond to of 13949

Agree that the price is influenced heavily by institutional investors or mutual fund money managers due to their huge buying power. I find it difficult to put their hat on and pretend to be an institutional investor because I do not have access to (1) block trading network (2) huge cash reserves and "pressure" to show performance every quarter, (3) top-of-the-line research reports from analysts , (4) connections with underwriters and brokers, and (5) in some cases, they have the ear of top management, even CEO. As an individual investor I can only do: (1) study SEC reports and understand company financials, management, earnings projections, etc. (2) buy early perhaps at a low price and hold until the sell target is reached, instead of timing trades at every peak and valley (Lynch was not able to do this, but some can), and (3) watch portfolio performance and adjust winners/losers as needed. An example is to buy a stock of companies that is doing business in China, right in the middle of the Asian flu, betting that China will overwhelm other Asian countries. The closest I can "mimick" institutional investors is to do short term trading (maybe daily) based purely on Technical Analysis. In any case, thanks for your input. Ram