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To: Gary H who wrote (11372)	5/6/1998 11:28:00 PM
From: Wizzer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

I believe that is a sound approach in an unpredictable market. Definitely less risky. In stocks, I have reduced my objective to 20-30% short term returns to be satisfied. Even that is tough enough. Holding on and going long, for me personally, has been unsuccessful. Perhaps, I was dreaming about the 200%-300% returns and got caught up in the "love your stocks, believe the dream, you will be handsomely rewarded" philosophy that so many beginning investors fall into. All investments are to make money and that is the bottom line. "Everything that glitters is not gold" and stocks and their "promising stories" lose their "shininess" very quickly.