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To: jtechkid who wrote (17990)	3/20/1998 2:39:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 70976

jtechkid, 26 people on this thread think AMAT will go lower this year. That's 26 of 26 surveyed. The lowest is 20, the average is 27. This in response to... >i think it funny that lot of people i hear say all the bad news is already built into these techstocks. < LO98 HI98 YE98 YE99 ave 27.0 53.3 48.0 77.0 std 2.7 7.5 7.6 13.5 min 20.0 38.0 34.0 50.0 max 31.0 70.0 62.0 100.0 geocities.com GM

To: jtechkid who wrote (17990)	3/20/1998 2:53:00 PM
From: Big Bucks	Respond to of 70976

Kid, Re:< hey. I'm a long term bull but i rather buy amat at 23-24 then 35 -38. < I agree completely. Buy low, sell high is the number 1 rule of investing and making money via the stock market. Your philosophy is much like mine. I look for sales and excellent value, even so the market is irrational, at best. What looks apparent often has distinctive subtleties that undermine or overwhelm the value the market puts on a stock. Something that disturbs me greatly is the very low volumes. If the funds were truly bullish on the stock they would be buying heavily at these prices if they were bargains. They are not buying heavily therefore it appears that in reality the big houses and funds are not comfortable with the current valuation in the current market conditions and are not investing. This non-support by the big guys is very negative to me. If the stock were worth more at this time it would be supporting a higher price in this very lofty bull market. The analysts are particularly quiet also, I find this also a negative. They don't want to be wrong and yelling "charge" if there is a high likelihood that they will be running thru market conditions laden with potential mines. Regards, BB