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To: HoyaBob who wrote (106036)	3/1/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: JBird77777	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

OT: "Averaging" a position From time to time I hear or read about averaging up or down, and I have never understood why this would make sense. In making a new investment, it seems to me that one should first determine what one considers to be the optimum portfolio if it were to be started anew (e.g., Security A 10%, Security B 14%, etc., adding to 100%), without considering current holdings. Then, the investor would buy the security that best moves his current portfolio toward conformity with this optimum portfolio. If that security happens to be a current holding that has appreciated or declined, that is fine, but would be purely coincidental. Just my opinion, of course. JB