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To: Clint E. who wrote (20412)	4/5/1999 12:03:00 AM
From: blast_investor	Respond to of 67962

Interview with Bob Brogan, TA Fahnestock analyst. checkout vcall.com Bob is quite bearish and he put a Dow target of 8800 in July. He commented on AMZN, AOL, DELL, MSFT, YHOO, etc charts

To: Clint E. who wrote (20412)	4/5/1999 4:11:00 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67962

Hello Clint, >>To be honest with you, for many reasons including lack of >>participation by a greater crowd, I don't find any satisfaction in >>posting anymore so I have recently stopped posting as often. Funny I have noticed that on a number of threads in general on SI. A lot of the original posters have drifted off to parts unknown. It takes a lot of work and focus to post meaningful information. A lot of the threads have become filled with a lot more cheerleading than substance. The original intention of this thread was to post trades so that others would learn from them and to prevent suicide trades. Unfortunately, the thread has not been able to get a critical mass that can keep it going when one of the regulars are away for short periods of time. I don't know what it takes to get more posters. There is lots to talk about: - Is the shift into software stocks started by the CA/PLAT merger short lived or is it the start of the short term rally given the beaten down nature of the group? -Are we approaching a top for the telecom stocks? The rally lately has been narrowly based on ADCT, TLAB, QCOM. If you believe the rally is an intermediate up trend, what are potential second tier small caps that will benefit? - Are the pre-warnings on stocks like AMD an indication of weakness for the semiconductor group or is it company specific as in this article Message 8697211 ? -Given that biotechs are seen as havens for money in a bear market, what companies have potential? We are at the end of the period where a lot of biotech companies present their results at conferences so they should be pulling back. Does any one have any favorites? -Do the 30 year bonds look over sold? They sure look that way to me. - In terms of sector rotation where does the money go after the telcom stocks? - Is anyone buying or shorting stock in advance of earnings releasess? Those are a just few topics just off the top of my head. For my part I hope to be back posting on a more regular basis in about 6 weeks. I get to kick my current project out the door for an extended testing phase finally. I am hoping to catch up on my conference call this Q. I have missed a lot the last few months and lack of time has prevented my from doing proper research so my trading has been very restricted. To the lurkers, there are a lot of diverse styles on this thread as you can see if you have been following this thread for a while. Everyone here has made a least one if not a lot of mistakes, sometime really big ones. The point is to share your trades and your reasons for entering and exiting a trade so that others can benefit and learn for their and your victories and mistakes. Harry

To: Clint E. who wrote (20412)	4/5/1999 4:37:00 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	Respond to of 67962

FYI: MARKET INDICES FROM AROUND THE WORLD WEEK ENDING, April 2, 1999 CLOSE CHANGE DAILY WTD MTD YTD INDEX UNITED STATES MARKETS DOW JONES 9833 46 0.5% 0.1% 0% 7% NASDAQ 2493 32 1.3% 3.1% 1% 14% S&P 500 1294 7 0.6% 0.9% 1% 5% RUSSELL 2000 399 1 0.3% 1.2% 0% -6% 30 YR TREASURY BONDS 5.59%,no change +8bp +5bp +57bp EUROPEAN MARKETS UNITED KINGDOM FT-SE 100 6330 35 0.6% 3.1% 1% 8% FRANCE CAC 40 4230 32 0.8% 2.8% 1% 7% GERMANY DAX 4902 37 0.8% 2.7% 0% -2% ASIAN MARKETS JAPAN NIKKEI 225 16290 -37 -0.2% 1.7% 3% 18% HONG KONG HANG SENG 11073 424 1.2% 2.5% 1% 10% AMERICAS MARKETS BRAZIL BOVESPA 10696 -59 -3.0% -1.6% 0% 58% CANADA TSE 300 6625 12 0.4% -0.2% 0% 2% MEXICO BOLSA 4930 -80 1.0% 4.1% 16% 25%

To: Clint E. who wrote (20412)	4/5/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: mattie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67962

Clint & thread, VTSS looking good. Runup before earnings? As for lack of participation, I like the focus of this thread. Many others get cluttered up with off topic talk and 'flaming' etc. More particiation would be good with focus - but I like the fact that I can come to this thread and easily read all the posts, without spending an hour going through a couple of hundred with only a few worth while.

To: Clint E. who wrote (20412)	4/5/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: Jurgen	Respond to of 67962

Clint & all, hey, you're to young for retirement - we need you here ! Sorry, i don't have much to contribute at the moment. I've been doing some trading but there's just too much going on in the office. jumped on YHOO today when it cleared the resistance a ~190, holding WCOM and CSCO in expectation of new highs. The market is absolutely crazy now. i feel they are doing some long-term damage. But as long as it works, i'll try to get my little piece of the cake. hope to hear from y'all soon :o) jurgen