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To: PCKL who wrote (2777)	5/10/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: John Arnopp	Respond to of 4467

PCKL, Thank you. I for one would like to see you post some of the fundamental analysis you are using for Safeguard at this time, and your views and outlook. Thanks in advance. --John

To: PCKL who wrote (2777)	5/11/1999 9:25:00 AM
From: Tom Chwojko-Frank	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4467

In my opinion, those who don't do their own research on exactly what various tools do and don't do for them, deserve what they get. Technical analysis is not "just a crap shoot" if only for the fact that there are enough investors that buy into it to affect the stock price. I have done some minimal research into technical analysis, coming from a math background. I don't have enough info to reach a conclusion yet. But, I do find the conclusions others draw from TA informative, because by looking at their history, I can do more research on the validity of various types of analysis. Furthermore, lumping all technical analysis into one bucket is not a good idea. There are many types of technical analysis out there, much of it I'm sure is useless. But trying to make a model, whether accurate or not, is always worth a shot. Using the results of a model, without knowing why it was built or how it works, is pretty dumb. If you want to make a claim ("SFE is a good company" "SFE is a bad company" "TA is crap" "TA can be useful"), please put some reasoning behind it to tell us why. Its the thought process that's interesting, not the hypothesis. TCF

To: PCKL who wrote (2777)	5/13/1999 4:04:00 AM
From: Hepps	Respond to of 4467

>> Yes, your posts DO panic people who are on margin and who are not as sophisticated as you and others. People do sell after reading your posts and then would regret their actions later because they think the sky is falling. >> If you're sophisticated enough to be running in the .com crowd with margin money, be prepared for any prediction. If you're not doing your own DD, you'll get burned sooner or later. I enjoy reading the TA, but what do I really know about the author, other than the rep that he has built thru his well written posts? People need to think for themselves. Chasing momentum plays with margin money is like playing with fire, lots of fun till someone gets burned... Luck to all