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To: JACK R. SMITH JR. who wrote (5106)	2/17/1998 5:16:00 AM
From: Thor Carlsen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14226

JACK, here is an excerpt from a newsletter I get, concerning the small investor. Insider trading reports are not timely, and insiders will never tell you something that they don't want you to know. If they are engaging in a paper sale, count on them to do it offshore, undeclared shorts, through friends or other tricks. In addition, insiders often cross stock out to finance the company and take options as compensation. If you read an insider trading report and see such a cross, you may get the wrong idea and think that the insider does not believe in the deal. The simplest way is sometimes the most inconclusive; watch the market activity. If a stock is trading big volume and not really going anywhere chances are that the biggest shareholders are selling paper. The biggest shareholders are usually the insiders. If a stock starts trading big volume with no apparent reason, chances are someone close to the company is buying. When you read about it in the newspaper it will be too late, because the opportunity will have disappeared. Unless you golf with the insiders, you will have to read between the lines. The market never lies. OK, Cheers Thor