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Strategies & Market Trends : Cents and Sensibility - Kimberly and Friends' Consortium -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (2920)	4/29/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: Can Do Stocks 2	Respond to of 108040

Thank you Very much. I get a pc if I find it for them... So I (we) could do well...

To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (2920)	4/29/1999 9:00:00 AM
From: TallTrader	Respond to of 108040

Kimberly, any opinion on ... FLNK? It has moved from .30 to .80's on heavy volume since the news on its "participation with Cisco." There are 20mil shares outstanding per its 12/31/98 10K. CALGARY, Alberta, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 1999-- FutureLink Distribution Corporation (NASD OTC:BB: FLNK) is pleased to announce its participation with Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO - news) in the Cisco Hosted Applications Initiative to shape the way customers use their desktops. As a founding member of the ASP (Application Service Provider) industry, FutureLink relies on its Cisco-enabled network to deliver mission critical applications to its customers. Small and mid-sized companies can use powerful applications and grow as they need to on a low-cost, resource-conscious basis. ''The Cisco/FutureLink relationship demonstrates how hosted applications can provide full benefit to the customer while allowing them to focus on their core business. By delivering the functionality of full network services to customers in a hosted environment, the client will realize all the benefits of an in-house infrastructure without the costs. Cisco is proud to take a leadership role in this 'new-world of services','' said Larry Lang, vice president of service provider marketing at Cisco Systems. Customers are using it now As an office products company with a long history and aggressive future plans, FutureLink's customer, eSupplies, needed to review its computer requirements and infrastructure. The company has recently made the move into trans-border, on-line ordering systems. Established more than a century ago, eSupplies' success in providing businesses with cost-effective, on-time solutions has resulted in an aggressive move into e-business. Information Technology is not eSupplies' core business. They encountered the same struggles that most small and mid-sized companies face - focusing on their core business while keeping their technology and information up-to-date. The Challenge: Running business applications without creating a network eSupplies turned to FutureLink and Cisco to deliver the applications that employees already knew and were already using. FutureLink's ''Computer Utility'' service delivers applications to eSupplies' desktops and thin-client computers. The Cisco-enabled network processes the entire application and delivers the screen to the client's site. This eliminates the need for eSupplies to employ an entire network and the resources needed to run it. eSupplies uses a WAN with LAN-like speeds and the reliability of thin-client computers where PC functionality is necessary yet cost-prohibitive. '' Information is of critical importance for our business,'' says Kevin Sebastian, CTO, eSupplies. Without FutureLink and Cisco, it would have been impossible for us to deploy the applications as planned. Hosted applications are an essential element in the rapid deployment and ongoing management of our mission-critical applications. As a service-oriented business, it is imperative for us to offer superb customer service at all locations. Our FutureLink/Cisco-powered system enables our employees at any location to utilize our systems at headquarters without the requirement for implementing an expensive wide-area network infrastructure.'' ''eSupplies is a perfect example of FutureLink and Cisco's target market - small to mid-size companies (10 - 1,000 employees) who are facing large capital expenditures to keep their information technology hardware and software up-to-date,'' said Cameron Chell, FutureLink's President and CEO. ''These companies can now avoid the costly upgrade cycle, they never have to employ in-house IT departments, and they have the confidence their data is backed up and secure. Small businesses can finally focus on their core business and compete with larger companies with more money to spend on capital infrastructure.'' Realizing Lower Total Cost of Ownership FutureLink's state-of-the-art server farm uses Cisco's end-to-end intelligent Internet infrastructure to deliver applications to the desktop. By testing these solutions in Cisco's Hosted Applications development lab, customers are reassured that the transition to a hosted environment does not pose unknown or unstable situations. By extending the reach of applications to eSupplies' entire remote population, the FutureLink and Cisco partnership promises to continue delivering the rapid application deployment advantages of server-based computing while reducing total cost of application ownership. About FutureLink Distribution Corp FutureLink is ''The Computer Utility Company(TM)'' and a founder of the Application Service Provider (ASP) industry. FutureLink provides small and mid-sized businesses (10-1,000 employees) with off-site, server-based computing, allowing them to escape the hardware/software upgrade cycle and focus on their core business. FutureLink's expertise in Application Hosting, IT Outsourcing, Business Practices Consulting, and Software Development enables them to offer an all-inclusive, trouble-free service at a predictable price. FutureLink offers computer and information service as transparently and reliably as today's utilities deliver electricity, water and telephone services. For more information, contact FutureLink toll-free at (877) 216-6001, e-mail sales@futurelink.net or visit the FutureLink Web site at futurelink.net.

To: Kimberly Lee who wrote (2920)	4/29/1999 10:29:00 AM
From: Dave Gore	Respond to of 108040

Kimberly, you and I have 2 slightly contrasting but excellent trading strategies, I think. Your strategy of picking stocks about to break out is a superior one. I think mine is pretty good, too. I try to buy stocks at very safe levels and wait a bit, if need be. You are a great momentum investor. People on SI should be thankful that you are here, because momentum investing is not always easy. I am good at it, but still find it hard at times, and without Level 2, no one can do it consistently and effectively. Just managing your time is tough, as there is so much to watch at once, and timely trades to make. My strategy is a bit calmer and probably not as fun, at least for awhile...lol. SOME EXAMPLES (like you there are lots more) I had great luck with SHAL at $2.25 and holding, and then selling back if it ran too fast and buying back. I even got a few hundred FREE shares of SLNN, with my 10% dividend, that was avaialble to all that bought SHAL in February. Yep, I waited an extra 6 weeks for SHAL to take off but now I have over $5,000 of FREE SLNN stock. Bought WLGS at 22 cents, waited for it for weeks, and of course selling recently as it ran up big towards $4.00. Sold because while it might be worth it, when a stock runs a long ways, very fast, it is more likely to fall then rise more. I play the odds. You do that too and are great at selling and buying back, etc. Bought MRPS at 38 cents, then sold for over $2.00 on it's first run (like you did when it ran too fast a few months ago), then buying every significant dip around $1.00 and holding from there. I play it safe and smart and play the odds. I did massive DD on this one and I put lots in this because it was the safest and surest stock to go up 500-2000% percent (with time) that I had ever seen. FTRK buying too early at 50 cents but holding and buying dips at 20 cents, then waiting for months, as it finally ran to 1-3/8 yesterday. TLTG loved it at $1.38, sold on quick pops, then bought dips around $2.00 - $2.25. Very solid stock and well over $4.00. This was safe because I noticed management always kept their word and got PR's out on time, and when they preannounced a "guaranteed 33 cents EPS" for 1999, I knew the odds of this going higher were very high, and that made this a bargain around $2.00. Again, a no-brainer. etc....All promising stocks that took longer to go up but when they did they went up BIG. I did lots of DD, so I thought they were very likely to go. Now I wait for TLWN, SETO, RDIM, and SYCD These have either huge sales increases and/or are profitable already in the current quarters. Ditto bigtime for for MRPS and WINR to launch toward $10 by year end. And of course CSIN and others. BOTTOM LINE: I think people should use both strategies. Mine may work well for part of one's portfoio, particulary if one can't watch a LEVEL 2 screen all day. Yours is certainly superior for those experienced in seeing or sensing momentum and have access to Level 2 or you....lol Take care and best of luck to all here, DAVE