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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (17907)	4/11/1999 1:00:00 AM
From: Grand Poobah	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25814

Dipy, I'm enjoying the discussion between you and Jock. Re: ...with LSI, I have been able to capture the big moves and have managed to make good profits during a period when the "buy-and-hold"ers have struggled to break-even Maybe those buy-and-holders you refer to bought at the wrong time. I am a buy-and-hold investor (mainly because I can't handle the stress of trading the ups and downs) and I have done quite well on LSI (+100%) over the last couple years. Of course, mine is only a paper profit at this point. My other reluctance to engage in trading, besides the stress, is that I wonder if it can compare with returns like that, especially over a long time period and a whole portfolio. Now LSI is admittedly the best performer in my portfolio, but could I have done any better as a part-time investor by trading the market? Also, I seem to have done my best investing in the tech sector, where I understand the industry, and made my biggest mistakes outside it, where I didn't understand the industry. Do you think the dividend model applies in the tech sector also? I do have some tech stocks that pay dividends, but these dividends are small, and lot of seemingly good companies don't pay any dividends at all in this industry. Regards, G.P.