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To: UCLAlumnus who wrote (5763)	7/24/1998 1:52:00 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

A very serious questionnaire, please respond. In my last post I asked Greg how low does the stock have to go before people abandon hope of a very quick turn around. I should really ask all of you about this. Here is the questionnaire (and my last post of the day :) I think this will be of great help to us all. Feel free to omit any answers that you have no openion on, but please answer in the same order so that I can later publish the stat on this. (Suggestion: should this become a bi-quarterly questionnaire?) 1) Where do you see TDFX stock being in Oct. (that is in 3 months) before and after the earnings. 2) What are your expectation of the 3Q earnings? 3) If the earnings are not up to your expectations (give range) will you close your position (please use past experience as guidance to answer this)? 4) If the stock performance is not up to your expectations will you close your position (please use past experience as guidance to answer this)? 5) What factors do you see moving the stock in the short term (3-6 months) and how do you assess those factors? 6) Where do you see 3Dfx the company in one year from now? 7) How do you see the business cycles (resession, FX, ...) both sector wide, national, and global affect 3Dfx? 8) What are your expectations of the above factors? 9) Where do you see TDFX stock in 18 months given above factors? 10) What is the very best and the very worst you expect re. TDFX? Sun Tzu Note to UCLAlumnus: I'm limited to only 3 posts a day (to some's delight I'm sure ;) so I have to answer your question here. You asked: Good points but what about capital gains? IF you hold for 12 months, that seriously reduces what I pay Uncle Sam when it rockets off. Capital gains applies only to the "gains" as its name suggests. I'm not a US Tax expert but, the way I see it you should claim your losses in the short term so that you can take advantage of the higher rate tax break that applies to short term trades, and hold on to your gains long term to take advantage of lower tax rates. You see even Uncle Sam is trying to help show what is the right method to be invested in stocks :D