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To: The Philosopher who wrote (7041)	3/11/1999 7:03:00 PM
From: Dataminer1	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18929

Had some catching up to do with some other projects...I see the dialogue here continues to be superlative. Let's see....where do I start? First of all, Chris, I'm not positive that the PCA system will operate in Excel7. The best way to find out is download our free demo and see if it runs. I do know Excel 97 runs on Win95. net-magic.net If you can't get it to run, I would be happy to e-mail you a copy of our older PCA system (2.2) which will definitely run in XL7, but lacks most of the cool features of the newest version. Also, you are already on the right track in mentioning "stock selection" for AIM. So many people, upon first glance, think that AIM should be a panacea for all investing. I have always felt that finding the right stocks for the system is key. Apart from looking through long-term charts, we are working on some screening techniques for AIM stocks. In my brief absence I did manage to cobble together a new website that is intended to eventually be the stock-screening resource on the net. If anyone has any good online screening tools, please let me know. You can see my work at: stock-market-investing.com (please wear hard-hat....still lots of construction) (ps.StockConsultant is temporarily out of order) RFH, Welcome to the CHRZ AIM club! I started AIMing CHRZ a few weeks ago myself and just made my 3rd buy today. I'm sitting with an average cost of @15, and anxiously waiting to see if I can get another buy. I chuckle reading the emotion-filled posts on the boards. It's like watching a re-run I've seen a hundred times. Stock gets crushed -everyone say's it's dead -pessimism rules. Then, ya look at it again after a year or so and think "I knew it was a steal, why didn't I buy?". I could type out a huge list of stocks that truly were a steal when everyone ran for the exits in unison. Matter of fact, I'm paying taxes on the NSCP I picked up at 17. Tom, Unfortunately, I didn't make it to Sebring for the "event". A bout with "spring cold" kept me somewhat under the weather. It's funny what "lows in the 40's and high's in the 80's can do"....especially sleeping with the windows open. Maybe you can point me to the "recap". So much to do, so little time.... Regards, Bill

To: The Philosopher who wrote (7041)	3/12/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Bernie Goldberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18929

Hi, One of the sites that I find quite helpful is Clearstation. what you want to do is find stocks that fairly rapidly alternating red and green bars running along the top of the graph. Forget about the analysis that goes along with them. You will find after a while that most technicians and fundamentalists as well would scoff at AIM as a money management tool. You will either stick with AIM or go with the Gurus. To quote Mr. L. you need high quality stocks that will not keep you awake nights wondering whether or not they will exist in the morning. You also need stocks that have a high beta. The frequency of the red and green stripes at the top of clearstation graphs are an easy way to determine that. Hope this helps. AIM is not rocket science, it just works. Bernie

To: The Philosopher who wrote (7041)	3/12/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: JZGalt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18929

One of the best sites to screen is Microsoft Investor. If you don't subscribe, try the 30 day free trial. You might try this criteria. EPS Growth past 5 years > 25% EPS Growth projected next 5 years > 25% Beta > 1.25 Market Cap > 1 billion That should give you a list of reasonably large growing companies (which have been around for a while) which tend to bounce around quite a bit. This is the result as of today. VRTS VERITAS Software Corporation CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. TLAB Tellabs, Inc. EMC EMC Corporation RII Republic Industries, Inc. JBL Jabil Circuit, Inc. MCRL Micrel, Incorporated MXIM Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. QTRN Quintiles Transnational Corp. SPLS Staples, Inc. SBUX Starbucks Corporation EFII Electronics for Imaging, Inc. CEFT Concord EFS, Inc. ESRX Express Scripts, Inc. CMVT Comverse Technology, Inc. SLR Solectron Corporation QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. AES AES Corporation If you want to shoot for newer stocks on the scene you might try this criteria. EPS Growth projected next 5 years > 30% Beta > 1.25 Market Cap > 150,000,000 Market Cap < 1,000,000,000 This is going to give you a ton of possible stocks. Some are good, some are garbage. As with any list, this is just a starting point. Just a suggestion. I like to think technology stocks are well suited for AIM, but stocks which radically move in percentage terms are suitable as long as you have some confidence that they will not go out of existence. ---- Dave