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To: Tigress who wrote (333)	12/31/1998 7:44:00 AM
From: Mr. BSL	Respond to of 389

Hi Tiger. Your good questions are of general interest so I am posting them on the thread. 1. What is the criteria for stks being added or deleted? P&F 125 attempts to be the top quartile of the S&P500. All stocks are trading above their BSL and have RS in a column of X's. Right now 197 stocks meet this criteria. 125 are in the portfolio and 72 are in "standby". If a stock drops out of the portfolio, a "standby" stock takes its place. The standby list is chronological in that the next one on the list gets added to the 125 portfolio. An S&P500 stock that gets added to the standby list goes on the bottom. An added criteria for a "standby" stock to be added to the 125 portfolio is that it must be on a P&F buy signal. DGN was just next in line. 2. Do you continue to add stks during a mkt correction? Yes. BSL & RS are the only criteria. This is a very simple study that I hope to build on in the future using sector and general market info. 3. Is adding/deleting solely based on RS / BRL? Yes, plus a new stock must be on a buy signal. A sell signal does not take a stock out of the 125 portfolio. 4. Has there ever been a study done as respects the AVERAGE: a) length of time a stk stays on your list? b) # of stks that fail to produce a positive return? c) # of stks that make repeat visits (on, off, on list again)? No but I have very good records for anyone that wants to analyze the data in the future. Take care, Dick