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Technology Stocks : SNDT - Sand Technology - A diamond in the sand -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DeeDee M who wrote (734)	7/12/1998 10:49:00 AM
From: krngleman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1200

DEE DEE, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. You lost me in your first paragraph as your psychological reasoning made no sense. Maybe (hope) it was the late (early) hour of the post. Seems to me that if you are genuinely interested in the welfare of others and would like to make a difference in this world, the stock market is not the place. There are many worthy and needy charities who would appreciate your money. A market maker is not one of them. While the market may seem like a charitable contribution depending on your choice of stocks, get real and admit that the reason you are in it is the hope of making money FOR YOURSELF. Greed is the underlying psychological state of mind that is driving the market. I'm okay with it because I have found that once your financial house is in order, the more you have the more you can give away. Giving then becomes part of life and fear and insecurity wains away. Get some sleep. C YA

To: DeeDee M who wrote (734)	7/12/1998 1:07:00 PM
From: jack crane	Respond to of 1200

Hi Dee Dee. I don't think many citizens of the world play the stock market. They may be invested but it is in funds not individual accounts. I agree that the world is very screwed up. Thats simply because every one WANTS but few are willing to pay the PRICE .The stock market is a financial institution even though it is easy to forget.. It is the basis for most of our industry obtaining funds and does need to keep the thought of investing in the front. I get concerned when it gets the crap shoot feeling. Market makers and momentum players can tear things up pretty badly. With enough money you can just about guarantee making money in a stock like Sand but you are going to tear up a lot of people who then leave. The big guys go on to new games and the investors and the company are left poorer. I hate it when a stock I am interested in flies around because you get scared to get others involved. I know some serious players who have scaled back. not because of the stock but because of the volatility. Sand has done nothing but accomplished the path of progress laid out by the management.Nothing to deserve the wild swings caused by the players. I understand it , I just don't like it. The reason is there are certain things needed to make a stock a success no matter what the company is doing, and players make that difficult to achieve for their own selfish purposes. It is not long term damage, it just makes things take longer. I hope they have left the Sand area, and I think they have. The stability comes when the facts become more important than the smoke. All this with only one cup of coffee. Wow!!