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To: edward miller who wrote (13704)	2/1/1998 1:22:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Respond to of 18056

Ed: Buffet actually went on TV to tell people that buying his new diminutive Hataway shares is too risky and that he would not do it with his own money, but people did not listen (and I think they are doing quite fine too <VBG>, so far). Zeev

To: edward miller who wrote (13704)	2/1/1998 2:10:00 PM
From: danderso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

It seems to me that if the Bull persists a few more years there will be a wave of older boomers taking early retirement. This makes me wonder what the impact will be on investment flows as these people at the margin change from suppliers to consumers of funds. Dave

To: edward miller who wrote (13704)	2/1/1998 6:55:00 PM
From: Liatris Spicata	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18056

Ed- <<because norms of investment returns WILL RETURN - MEANING THAT THESE FUNDS WILL DROP IN VALUE AT SOME FUTURE TIME.>> I don't see reversion to the mean requiring what you claim. Market averages could simply meander over a narrow ranges for a few years- as I believe the DOW has done in the past- and still accomplish mean reversion. Regards, Larry P.S. to Dr. Jack: <<unless you are receiving those barbaric and anachronistic payments known as dividends.>> I'm not sure whether you were striving for irony here or not. But it strikes me as tad premature to so breezily dismiss the form for return that has historically provided half the return that equities have provided. N'est-ce pas?

To: edward miller who wrote (13704)	2/1/1998 7:37:00 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 18056

RE: "They all say that there is risk, but they are also well trained by their lawyers and know how to say risk without ordinary people always knowing what they are saying." Truer words were never said. Most individual investors in the market today do not have a clue of the meaning of risk. Some think that a stock or fund with a high level of risk simply means that it will go up faster than more conservative investments. Others believe that "risky" means "volatile." Very few correlate a high level of risk with the fact that they could loose most or even all of their money. Best wishes, I2