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To: Scott Mc who wrote (25)	7/29/1998 1:48:00 AM
From: Jonathan Boyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49

Thread, Looks to me like the price was driven down today (Tuesday) on relatively light volume by one or two late trades. Appears to be a buying opportunity. I plan to purchase 1,500 more shares tomorrow at $14.50 or below. Jon

To: Scott Mc who wrote (25)	7/31/1998 1:29:00 AM
From: Jonathan Boyd	Respond to of 49

EMAIL SURVEY OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS ______________________________________________________ PURPOSE OF SURVEY: The primary purpose of this survey is to examine the influence of Internet bulletin boards ("chat rooms") as a deciding influence on the decisions of individual investors. Secondarily, by polling the performance of individual investors who make use of Internet investor forums in their investment decisions, a judgement regarding the benefit of such forums to individual investors can be made. The research will be used as a private project submitted to the faculty of the University of Phoenix. Please respond truthfully, as individual responses will kept strictly confidential. Respondents will receive a copy of the findings once a sample size of 100 has been obtained. Please respond to me via personal message or to jon.boyd@tandem.com. Thank you. QUESTIONS: a. How many stock or option transactions (buy or sell) have you placed in the last twelve months? b. What was the annual rate of return on your investment portfolio for the last twelve months? c. What percentage of your trades was executed where information obtained through Internet investment bulletin boards was the primary impetus for the trade? d. What was the annual rate of return on your investment portfolio on these trades (trades you listed in Question C?) e. How many hours per week do you spend on average reading or participating in Internet investment bulletin boards? f. Are you a professional trader (defined for this survey as someone whose primary source of income is directly related to the generation of profit from investment activities)? Thank you for participating in this survey.