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To: TREND1 who wrote (8774)	2/15/1998 1:59:00 PM
From: shane forbes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11057

So how do you measure bad? (I just got in.) I figure one way is to see if the companies downstream are having accelerated order flow. I don't think they are but they may see this beginning late this Q and ramping. Another way, but a bit later, is to see if there are earnings revisions for those downstream companies. I have not. A third way is to just guess. A fourth way is to buy when layoffs are announced ('been there done that). A fifth way is to take the 400 million in additional capital raised in a debt offering as a sign that the stock is not overvalued (HA!) otherwise they would have gone to the equity market to raise capital. A sixth way is to watch the markets and there appears to be accumulation. A seventh way is to watch the graph and that shows that the lows are getting higher and higher. First 14, then 15, then 17, then 18 we hope. A final way is to buy it in an IRA account and keep it for the next up-leg, realizing that even if wrong the time factor will cushion any timing mistakes. After all, when young, IRAs are long term investments. --- All TIC.