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Technology Stocks : ALU - Allou Health & Beauty: Another Web Play -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Pat who wrote (277)	3/18/1999 11:01:00 PM
From: Questerr	Respond to of 418

What an excellent price to accumulate Allou. If you eliminate all of the internet business (which is the reason most of us own the stock), you have a company trading at 16x trailing PE. We have the PE safety net of any other stock, with the internet upside potential. What a potent combination. My only regret is that I accumulated most of my shares in the $12 range - I could own 33% more at today's prices!!! Put this under your pillow, and sleep well at night while others worry about their lofty PE stocks. AOL climbs every day - and ALU has prime AOL e-tail real estate. ALU will eventually get discovered and then the ride will begin. Best to all - long and strong!

To: Pat who wrote (277)	3/18/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: lifeisgood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 418

No kidding, this thing has been dead in the water lately. I've been adding to my already sizable position each time it sinks 1/4 point. I did that with VLSI last Fall and almost tripled my investment. I'm hoping to do the same here. Talked to IR who assured me that ALU will either do a private placement or IPO. The guy I spoke with prefered a private placement and he made a good case for why this was preferable to going public. However, the private placement option is contingent on finding investors who could contribute to building the company in other ways as well. Going public was the second of the only two options ALU is reportedly considering (at least it's in the top two). The guy at IR felt that either scenerio would ultimately benefit shareholders, one perhaps later (and to a greater extent) than the other.