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To: Stefan who wrote (41699)	2/22/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: Stefan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Are You a Greater Fool? (from thegreaterfool.com Do you buy stocks because they are going up? Do you think stocks have always gone up? Do you think stocks will continue to go up? Do you think everybody's getting rich but you? Do you think the trend is your friend? Do you buy a stock based on the company's earnings' trend, or do you buy it based on valuation? Do you buy into momentum? Do you buy a stock with no earnings history because you think you've found the next Microsoft? Do you think a great company and a great stock price are one in the same? Do you care about dividend yield? Do you know what it is? Do you care about book value? Do you know what it is? Do you know what the book value of the Dow Jones Industrials is? Do you know why you should know this? Do you think the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 1968 is identical to the Dow Jones Industrial Average of 1998? Do you know what the S&P 500's turnover was during the same thirty-year period? Do you think public companies last forever? Do you think 30 times earnings is OK? How about 50 times earnings? 100? Do you think a buy-and-hold strategy works all the time? Are you a long-term investor? Do you think 20 years is long-term? Do you think you can and should make 30% annually in the stock market? Do you like big-cap stocks because they have more liquidity? Have you recently quit your job to trade the markets full-time? Do you watch CNBC constantly? Do you have everything riding on the stock market? Do you worry excessively about your retirement? Do you feel you have to retire rich? Do you feel you have to retire? Did your parents feel the same way? Your grandparents? Do you think the size of your IRA will measure your security in retirement? Or do you think your family and friends are your best security? Which demands more of your attention? Do you consume more than you earn? Do you know the difference between saving and investing? Do you know the difference between speculating and investing? Do you think the business cycle is dead? Do you think the Federal Reserve controls interest rates? Do you think the Federal Reserve controls liquidity? Do you buy U.S. Treasury bonds because you think you will always get your money back? Do you think the National Debt will ever be paid off? If not, do you consider U.S. Treasury bonds to be risk free? Do you think falling interest rates reflect loose money? Do you think rising interest rates reflect tight money? Do you know how much money is in the Social Security Trust Fund? How about the FDIC? Do you think your bank holds your mortgage? Your car loan? Your credit card debt? Your student loan? Do you know if your bank is well-capitalized? Do you know why they call junk bonds junk? Do you buy junk bonds because you think the company will be able to pay you back, or are you just hoping greater fools will bid them up? Do you think downsizings and buybacks are healthy? Do you think they reflect strong management? Do you think you can quantify every risk? Do you think a booming stock market measures national prosperity? Do you think bear markets are unnecessary? Do you think a free market system can survive without one? Do you think bear markets should be prevented? Do you confuse a bear market with the end of the world? Or do you know why they call it a business cycle? Do you think market timing is for idiots? Do you confuse bullishness with optimism and bearishness with pessimism? Do you think every bull is out to help you and every bear is out to hurt you? Do you know what happened in 1837, 1873 and 1929? Do you think today's deflation is unique? Do you think it is different this time?

To: Stefan who wrote (41699)	2/22/1999 7:34:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Beyond.com to buy BuyDirect for $133.7 mln - WSJ NEW YORK, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Beyond.com <BYND.O> said it agreed to buy privately-held BuyDirect for about $133.7 million in stock, a transaction that would combine two of the biggest software merchants on the Internet, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The transaction is expected to be announced Monday, the New York newspaper reported. Both companies sell software programmes through their Web sites and also allow customers to electronically download a wide range of software from a variety of publishers. Beyond.com, of Sunnyvale, Calif., plans to issue 5.4 million of its shares for San Francisco-based BuyDirect, which is closely held. The deal is Beyond.com's first major acquisition since going public last year. "This acquisition solidifies our market share as the biggest software retailer in the e-commerce space," Mark Breier, Beyond.com's chief executive told the newspaper. Breier is a former marketing executive at leading online book seller Amazon.com Inc <AMZN.O>. Amazon is expected to become a major competitor in software and, people familiar with the matter said, the company has in the past had talks with Beyond.com about buying the smaller company. REUTERS Rtr 06:41 02-22-99