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To: Sawtooth who wrote (28342)	4/26/1999 10:24:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Lose Money Taking a Profit -- Of course you can lose taking a profit. The money invested in a stock should earn an riskfree interest rate + a premium for risk (all after tax). When you take a profit smaller than the imputed earnings on your invested money you are experiencing a real loss. The way to trade stocks without regret is to sell part of your winners but never all. Ideally you recover your imputed cost, and keep the pure profit to grow. At least keep a part of the winners that you sell. Some of my favorite stocks are 100 shares of real winners where I chickened out and took a profit before the big growth occurred.

To: Sawtooth who wrote (28342)	4/26/1999 12:21:00 PM
From: bdog	Respond to of 152472

When asked how he made all his dough, J.P. Morgan reportedly replied: "By selling too early."