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To: Geoff Nunn who wrote (52097)	7/18/1998 11:28:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Respond to of 176387

GN, Performance - Liked your post! Another consideration is the amount of time that the investor is willing to spend in 'actively' managing their 'assets'. For those that have to be engaged in the '9-5' work world, it is difficult to take the time to properly monitor your portfolio. Whit the 'good' press that the mutual funds have garnered over the years, by usually outperforming the indexes, they have convinced the majority that putting their money with them is far better than leaving it in the bank. While this is true, the funds performance is the combined average of all of the stocks held, consequently the 'high flyers' are lowered by the 'submarines'! Further, the fund managers are limited as to what they can invest in and how much. I think that the limits are 5% of the portfolio in a company that is capitalized at $100mln or more. As an individual investor, we can invest more that 5% in a stock, and pick the 'little' guys too! When an investor finds a particularly good stock, (DELL, MSFT, CMGI, YHOO, AOL, AMZN - or whatever) we are free to 'roll the dice'. The advent of internet trading of stocks definitely allows the 'little' player to get in the action. It is still a small percentage of the number of stockholders, since many are still in the '9-5' routine, and it definitely takes time. I, for instance, try to spend 3-4 hours daily in working 'the problem'. It seems like a lot of time, but let's see now --- Work at home. --- Meet knowledgeable people on the net! --- Watch the market. --- Pretty neat, really! JMHO Regards, Ken