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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (7616)	3/5/1999 5:44:00 PM
From: HairBall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Sun Tzu: Well, maybe many take a longer-term view than you think on this thread. But you know what...the short and medium term trends offer more to prognosticate about...which makes it much more fun...<g> EDIT: Heck if you are a teenager or in your early twenties, just put your long term money in a SPX Index Fund and keep adding on a monthly basis and forget about it for forty years. BWDIK Regards, LG

To: Sun Tzu who wrote (7616)	3/5/1999 6:01:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

You're correct. More products are being developed to provide indexing, leaving those outside the indexes in the dustbin... S&P Index Mutual Funds Depository Receipts for S&P, DJIA, and next the Nasdaq-100 Leveraged Mutual Funds for S&P Index and Nasdaq-100 Index Depository Receipts for S&P Market Sectors Leveraged Mutual Funds for S&P Market Sectors Focus Funds that hold 15-20 stocks: ex. Janus 20, Strong 20, Berger Select, Legg Mason Focus, etc. Diversified Focus Funds that hold 50-100 stocks: Strong 100, Fidelity 50, etc ... Outside of the products arena is the Internet electronic day traders which concentrate on a handful of stocks for momentum trading.