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To: NickSE who wrote (36156)	4/25/1999 12:03:00 PM
From: Bonnie Bear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

9005! and only about 50 for the 6000 smallest stocks. thanks for the link on Barclays...seems they have no CEO, the last two quit under mysterious circumstances.... hmmm...

To: NickSE who wrote (36156)	4/25/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 86076

XO ; Re 9005 US mutual funds - Bloomberg I saw taht too , but guess what it does not include ? (1) investment clubs, and they function much like a mutual fund and while most are small the number is huge and growing. (2) Privet or closest type funds ( many tracking the S&P 500 index ) from special teachers, to fireman to collages, and they are all a form of mutual fund. ------------------ 9005 is the tip of the iceberg that we see , that any joe blow can buy into. Remember Oarnge County in Ca that most went broke well they every tax payer involved unknowingly in what may as well be called a mutual fund. ( derivatives no less ) In fact I do not think there is any one who pays taxes that in one way or another is not having some of his Tax dollars sunk into a mutual fund. All most all of us own some sort of mutual fund even if it's serendipitously. People who would not consider buying into the market are being bought in by local and State Governments and never know it, much to the delight of Wall street and the investment bankers who have teams of salesman roaming the country side looking for any spare Tax money some City, County or State may have and promising them a BIG return. 9005 ! even half that number would have impressed me as big no end a few years ago , until I started asking myself some questions and by chance I stumbled into a whole Ton of privet or say semi privet S&P 500 index funds that morning star has no reason to rate. The 9005 number is now a joke , at least to me it is. Jim