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To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (20080)	3/6/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: Gary Wisdom	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Re: always buy on BAD news when blood is running in the streets This kind of advice would have you buying a $28 stock and holding it at $24. My motto: don't try to be a hero or catch a falling knife. I'm not selling my shares, but won't buy any more until the stock actually starts going in the opposite direction.

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (20080)	3/6/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

James, I second buying when blood is running in the streets. Right now it is only a matter of when to buy, not if I'm going to buy. NW

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (20080)	3/6/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: Raiders	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

If that is your argument then you should have sold all your stocks today since it was good news. Yeah it is true that compaq is a good stock and you have to hold it for a while and deal with it. While that money stagnates in your account. Lets look this scenario if the market corrects about 10 -15 % from here to make it a true corrcetion which stocks do you think will be dumped from here. Compaq , Intel and Motorola, and all the stocks that will have a pre-announcement from here till end of April. This market truly reminds me of the fall of 1995 where every bad news was discounted with good news. But if there is a correction people will be bowled over in this stock market correction. SOX made new lows in 1996 and still people kept ignoring the soundview semi analyst. Watch it!!! Raiders

To: James F. Hopkins who wrote (20080)	3/6/1998 7:23:00 PM
From: WTSherman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

<<With the ALPHA CHIP and compaq's marketing skill it will make CPQ a serious contend>> You must know more than CPQ's management does. They've been pretty lukewarm in their support of Alpha so far. In a bigger sense, I think that the 12 months could be very damaging to CPQ's fortunes. The PC market will clearly go into a major price war, here in the U.S. Meanwhile, CPQ is picking up a significant mess in DEC that will divert management from the other challenges they have. Overall, this is a very risky stock...