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To: Susan Saline who wrote (4611)	1/7/1998 8:25:00 PM
From: LastShadow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

Sue: AAPL The thing to be aware of with stocks like AAPL is that they historically, especially with Jobs running the show, wait for extremely opportune times to make announcements. His speech at the MacWorld expo was the perfect place for him to do his grandstanding. (I went last year with my son, but couldn't this year.) The surge in the two previous days spoke of an announcement, and they wouldn't have chosen to say bad things during the expo. Other CEO's do it differently. For example, DELL's speech ended up making the stock go down...At any rate, one should never buy during a rally. If you didn't make it onto a ticker before it jumps, wait for the slump and rebound if any. I was going to short AAPL first thing, but before hours trading showed it down already, so I figured it wouldn't be worth much. Set a stop to ensure you don't lose too much and get out on the rebound when you see the tick leveling (may be on Friday though). Scott

To: Susan Saline who wrote (4611)	1/7/1998 9:47:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 120523

Sue..Oil drillers/service sector...yes you will know when it is a real oil rally. What I do is watch the oil sector juxtaposed on the dow (not so much the nasdaq). When the dow is really in rally mode (over 50 points or like today from -120 to -4) the oils usually follow suit. On the other hand,when the rally is especially strong they go up despite movement of the dow. They go up a point stay there...never go back down but rather gather steam and go further...You might miss a point but a point is not much when they have 2-3 point runups in their rally mode. EVI was a perfect case in point today. If you remember my last chase with EVI this was just the opposite. Once EVI really started moving there were no stopping it and you had ample time to make your 2 points or so. I got into EVI today in plenty of time, only I sold too soon...so I bought some other oils near the close and quickly made up the difference. Tomorrow should be a continuation of this rally and they should go up in the morning if only from the sheer momentum of today's late day rally. Don't forget that 4 of the oils (HLX,PKD, GLM and PKD) are reporting on 14th and 15th (see the post of their projected earnings) and VTS had a total 5 point run up before, day of and day after earnings came out. I think the news of low prices for a barrel of oil have already taken its toll on the drillers and, if they have not as yet bottomed, at least you will have longer rallies and better chance to make a profit.