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To: Vincent Chong who wrote (14733)	10/13/1998 7:46:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

Your strategy requires a very good timing and it carries bigger exposure. Mine was designed to be conservative on the upside and a little more agressive on the down side. It is designed for a stock with Yahoo's characteristic which is that it tends to bounce back after fast big drop occasionally. JMHO. Vincent, I was not picking on your strategy. It is a good strategy. YHOO is very volitile and those that "play" with it must be careful. My strategy was much more aggressive with a possible larger return and does give one a lot of leeway for error. However, large risk still exists. You chose a conservative strategy on a non conservative stock. You used the most important part of investing which preservation of capital. My thinking was another angle only. That was to not invest in a speculative stock such as YHOO if one wants to be conservative. You provided a way to take the risk out. There is not a right or wrong here at all. Simply, it is risk/reward and you cut both. One could do that too by investing in a less volitile stock. I do not know if you are bullish or bearish on YHOO. I admit to being bearish although currently have an extra 100 shares net long. It is my humble opinion that YHOO will get a major hair cut. I have no idea when. I want to be positioned to take advantage when it occurs. I also want it know that I believe YHOO is an excellent company with prospects for a great future. I just believe the market cap is way ahead of itself. It is a valuation issue more than a quality issue. Glenn