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To: TechMeister who wrote (19962)	7/30/1998 7:14:00 PM
From: joe	Respond to of 45548

fund manager "window dressing" is usually done at the end of the quarter. But, August is seasonally a bad/slow month. Fund managers lock up profits, maybe throw out their dogs, and go on vacation - mostly the first and third. If fund managers have made their quarter of around 20% by this time, they lock up profit for the rest of the year, and their biggest concern is not to screw up...so they do nothing, except pick "sure winners" and sell anything that remotely looks like bad luck. They just want to keep their jobs, and usually 20% is pretty darn good - close enough to the S&P500. Hey, that's the way I would think too if my job were on the line. >>Optimistic? I will be as long as I see no bad news.<< That's my take also. I will also add, provided Japan doesn't cause the markets to go into chaos and we see a crash. But, probably, we'll all be selling into a panic if that happens - might as well hold anyways.

To: TechMeister who wrote (19962)	7/30/1998 8:00:00 PM
From: joe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 45548

Hey look at this. I'm just reviewing some of the other stocks today, and it's hard to see why there are any extra $$ flowing to 3Com. Why would anybody want to invest in 3Com now when they could make $$ in the stocks below. In fact, one of our new posters was suggesting this previously. DELL +5 3/8 MSFT +2 3/4 AOL +9 7/8 CSCO +4 1/2 YAHOO +9 1/8 These are some incredible returns. Lots of $$ flowed into these guys. Maybe people selling COMS to buy some of the above.