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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (11232)	9/8/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: Charger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

From my point of view AOL is an interesting phenomenon - the whole internet saga is an interesting phenomenon. In looking at earnings (as the biggest indication of a fundamental) it is one of the few that (maybe - depending upon allowable accounting practices) is in the positive earning category. How are stocks to be evaluated nowadays? Gold is no longer of precious value, things we have known to be solid are changing, formats of war are different, maybe the way to judge fundamentals is different too. I was interested to learn that AOL has sold some of its own stock to produce "income" and that it might not be able to do that so easily if the stock price is down. I, personally, think that AOL is something to watch as closely as one watches any baby - catches a little sniffle, better do something, and quickly, about it. Babies survive amazing things and grow up to be healthy, functioning adults, but we still have to make sure they dont fall in the pool and drown.

To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (11232)	9/9/1998 1:14:00 PM
From: Steve Robinett	Respond to of 13594

Are you sure it's not six polar bears smoking cigars? That would be the signal for a fluctuating stock price. The problem I have with TA is that most of it is 20/20 hindsight. TA always looks the worst the day before a turnaround and the best the day before a big down-draft. In other words, very little useable information, compared to fundamentals. I always suspect that TA addicts are looking for some easy way to analyze stocks rather than go through all that work of understanding the company. Best --Steve