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To: Sam2482 who wrote (5271)	5/30/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Ken Brown	Respond to of 42834

Vicki, Bob has, now and again, talked about the pros and cons of buying SPY vs. an S&P 500 index fund. Yes, dividends are paid on both. That's the one negative I can think of regarding SPY. There's no automatic re-investment of dividends. But that far outweighs the benefit, IMO, of being able to trade SPY in realtime. Ken

To: Sam2482 who wrote (5271)	5/30/1998 9:05:00 PM
From: XOsDaWAY2GO	Respond to of 42834

>>>I have heard Bob talk about....<<< Gee, Vicki, you mean you want to talk about the thread's subject? I was going to suggest the name be changed to "The Rillinois Thread" <VBG>

To: Sam2482 who wrote (5271)	5/30/1998 9:09:00 PM
From: Mr. BSL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Spiders-SPY: A second advantage of spiders is that you don't have an end of year tax bill for distributions. A third advantage, in most cases, is that the cost of a trade is usually much less than the annual 1/4% management fee. Regards, Duke