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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: yard_man who wrote (29835)	7/15/1998 9:57:00 AM
From: Joseph G.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Not really, because: (i) index may have lower volat prem, and/or (ii) maybe he's after the other half. There is another Inet index, price weighted, INX: <<Symbol Name Last Price Shares Weight AOL AMERICA ONLINE, INC. 96.188 69.000 6.63% ASND ASCEND COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 49.938 134.000 6.69% ATHM ATHOME CORP 35.875 186.000 6.67% CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INC 83.125 80.000 6.64% EGRP E*TRADE GROUP 20.813 320.000 6.65% NETA NETWORK ASSOCIATES INC. 42.563 157.000 6.68% NETM NETMANAGE INC 2.750 2,424.000 6.66% NSCP NETSCAPE COMMUNICATIONS CORP. 27.938 239.000 6.67% ORCL ORACLE CORPORATION 24.250 275.000 6.66% PSIX PSINET INC 12.625 528.000 6.66% SDTI SECURITY DYNAMICS TECH, INC. 18.125 368.000 6.66% SGI SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 12.000 556.000 6.67% SPYG SPYGLASS INC 10.875 613.000 6.66% SUNW SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 42.563 157.000 6.68% YHOO YAHOO! INC. 129.250 52.000 6.72% >> My problem with both of them is that they are VERY thinly traded, and Euro style, which means there may be nobody to sell it to when you want to.