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To: RocketMan who wrote (4828)	2/10/1999 5:46:00 PM
From: HECTOR RUBERT	Respond to of 41369

CNET reported\beat Street by .08 (80% Surprise plus 2for1 Stock Split) Let us remember that CNET is now an AOL partner so, these news are a positive to AOL shareholders as we are partnering with a solid company. After the market CNET rallied from 91's to 105 up 14pts. Tomorrow will be a good day for NETS. Hector

To: RocketMan who wrote (4828)	2/10/1999 5:57:00 PM
From: David Cecil	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

AT&T CEO says cable network to be open to others. This is good news for AOL. cbs.marketwatch.com

To: RocketMan who wrote (4828)	2/10/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: Steve Robinett	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Rocket, et al: Here's an interesting comparison. You comment that There is only one thing still needed: AOL's stock volatility still has to catch up with its maturity Intuitively, anyone who follows Internet stocks knows, as you point out, that this is already happening. Here's a little more objective look at the same idea. The following table shows the volatility of AOL, a few other internet stocks and a couple of tech stocks, as well as expressing that volatility as a percentage of the S&P 500's (SPX) volatility. Since volatility also expresses market risk, we can say, for example, that MSFT is 1-1/2 times more volatile than the market, DELL and AOL a bit over 4x as volatile as the market, but AMZN, which has a long way to go before it turns into one of your mature companies, is over 12x as volatile as the market. Notice that even intuitively we know that AMZN is a lot risker stock to own than MicroSoft. Also notice that the more "mature" the company is the less volatile and risky. Symbol....Volatility.....Volatility/SPX Volatility SPX..........17.24%.......1.00x MSFT.........27.09%.......1.57x DELL ........75.44%.......4.38x AOL..........80.14%.......4.65x YHOO .......157.85%.......9.16x AMZN........221.28%......12.84x Best, --Steve