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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (2344)	7/10/1998 11:46:00 AM
From: Johnathan C. Doe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3033

Michelle; re: analysts; welcome to understanding better their game. More times than not a stock will fall after getting a strong buy or buy recommendation and rocket a short time after a slew of downgrades. You have to follow a specific stock and get to understand upgrades and downgrades relative to a specific stock. For example, if Westell were to get a buy recommendation today; I would buy it immediately because I know how that stock works. It will run in a short time on that kind of thing after having fully bottomed. COMS on the other hand could fall on a buy recommendation.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (2344)	7/11/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3033

<OT> SI just raised their charges again. Now its $200 lifetime membership or $125/year. When I re-joined last year it was $100 lifetime I think (well I had a free acct 2 years ago but forgot the uid). How does SI generate revenue, is it all subscriptions? There seems to be no advertising like on yahoo. I like that there is no advertising, but I think $200 is too expensive. Its fine for the financial people and the industry people that are already successful like Steve Farber but for the development staff in the startup companies they probably wont do it. These internet sites are kind of fly by night anyway and theres a risk they will disappear or change, etc. Michelle