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To: RobbRacer who wrote (13646)	2/22/1999 7:08:00 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122088

Robb.......thanks for the answer....that's very useful information and I'm surprised I didn't know these symbols after working in the business for 15 yrs. I didn't have much occasion to come across the Q, D, and E stock designations...speculative issues, etc....but I feel a little silly that it never occured to me that the F was to designate a foreign issue!!!! I don't know if brokers today are tested on this, but probably so. I took the Series 7 in 1982 and don't recall learning or being tested on it back then. Thanks so much for the info....actually this isn't the first thing I've learned about the markets on this thread that I was surprised I didn't already know....and I appreciate the input!!!! Regards, Daisy

To: RobbRacer who wrote (13646)	2/22/1999 10:09:00 PM
From: Q.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122088

re. <<Don't brokers get tested on these things?>> I've got a friend who is a retail broker with a regional firm. Took the courses, studied hard, and then he passed all his exams. That was a couple of years ago. He hung out his shingle. He's doing nicely, thank you, selling mutual funds and shares in Procter & Gamble, General Electric, and the like. At a picnic we talked stocks, and I told him that I short them. He said had never heard of shorting. He asked me if it was like options. So much for what brokers learn studying for their exam. Do you think he's ever run across a stock with a D,E or Q at the end of the symbol? Nah. It doesn't happen to Procter and Gamble.