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To: FR1 who wrote (20942)	4/7/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: Randy Ellingson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27307

Afterhours trading doesn't really result in that many shares being traded, and it's not as if there isn't a seller of shares for every buyer, even in afterhours trading. Relax, you're really not missing much. As for releasing news while the market is open, that is unfair to those who happen not to have access to the news that hour, that day, etc. So they release material news typically while the market is closed. After the close is best since it gives investors the most time to assess the new information. It's interesting to see the prices of afterhours trades, but as often as not, the price is much different by the next trading day. You're very right to look out for investing rules and practices which are unfair to the individual. One of the most common unfair practices occurs when a company opens up it's conference call only to institutional investors. Every company should be required to provide access (by phone replay, streaming audio playback (excellent), or at least print). Randy