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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (7156)	8/27/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

mmv, it is hard to give a sell signal when you ridicule others for giving sell signals. if the market goes up then, by his own admission, he's an idiot worthy of ridicule. I don't agree. He has said "Reduce Msft from 4% COST basis to 4% Value basis" and has had no complaints even though Msft is up over 70% this year. One must SELL to REDUCE.....8) If people understand the reasons for the sell call, they are informed enough to make their decisions and take responsibility. Kirk out

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (7156)	8/27/1998 9:33:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Respond to of 42834

Skeets, in that respect I admire Bob - he has a conviction on the market and sticks to it. Never waffles. What I am puzzled about his "model" (if in fact there exists a quantitative "model" that backs his intuitive calls) is that he uses numbers like short-interest ratio, put-call ratio, bull-bear ratio as sentiment indicators. These are nothing but one form of TA, which is to "read" the heard. At the same time, he calls TA as black-magic. A big contradiction. You know what my take is on TA. It is good complement to FA and should be used discretely, not blindly. What I am saying is that there exists a stage in the market all those indicators Bob uses to make market calls will give him a buy signal when in fact it is a screaming sell. I think we are at that juncture. If I am wrong, there are hardly any people who have anything to loose. But if Bob is wrong, well... Good luck! -MMV