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To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 7:42:00 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Annette, My view from the porch reveals that you will never be happy doing something you don't want to do to make someone else happy. Oh well, what the hell do I know, I'm the one that is married just one night a week. Contact Brinley, I am sure he has something a little more conventional and structured. Selah Voltaire

To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: RocketMan	Respond to of 41369

Don't you know? Men are impulsive investors, which is why they don't do as well as women.

To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 7:59:00 PM
From: Frank Ellis Morris	Respond to of 41369

>>What gets me mad is that I sold my DELL to make him happy, and now that AOL is making $$$ he wants to sell it! DELL made us money and he wanted to sell it!>> Dell has been sitting in the mud for a long time and not getting the respect it deserves but today even Merrill Lynch put out a recommendation on it. Hopefully we will see some upward buying over the next few weeks. Frank

To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 8:52:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Annette, SOunds like you need to tell him to going golfing and leave the investing to you. Greg

To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 9:24:00 PM
From: Las Vegas Lou	Respond to of 41369

Annette, I manage money for a group of my friends. I don't make money unless they do. The rules are simple. You can talk to me and I will consider your opinion but I will decide. Secondly, the more of my time you waste, the less time I have to do my research and to think. No matter what, when I push the button to buy or sell I am all alone. Your husband needs to understand that he has to trust your judgement. Only one person can run a portfolio under the circumstances you are describing. The only other way to do it is to have monthly meetings where each person makes their case for or against an investment. Records are kept of each meeting and over time the person whose recommendations do best is accorded more say in the investments. This will save your marriage, too. Been there, done that! Remember, success has 1000 fathers, failure is an orphan.

To: Annette who wrote (1378)	1/4/1999 10:20:00 PM
From: Ex-INTCfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Dell and AOL are in the same category with Microsoft. I used to try to trade in and out of Microsoft, and I almost always ended up buying higher. Now I keep my long-term holdings and usually just buy on dips. I'll occasionally take a little money off the table after a very big run-up, but always a minor portion of a long-term position -- this gives me some cash for the dips. I sleep better that way. The only problem I have is deciding what to buy -- like a kid in a candy store. More Dell? More MSFT? CSCO? AOL? Perhaps a little more INTC (some chips with that dip?). Ah, does it really matter when you are talking about stocks of this quality -- leaders in their fields during this major Internet expansion? Three people I ran into in the past two days told me they had just purchased PCs -- and signed up with AOL.