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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: elad who wrote (1115)	5/19/1999 7:45:00 PM
From: mst2000	Respond to of 4443

Thanks - I do follow other stocks, some of which I own and others that I am just looking at or following to see if they have potential. Some are "tech" oriented, most are not. Truthfully, ATG is by far the most interesting stock I now own in terms of short term upside potential, which I think is almost limitless, owing to a combination of timing, market growth, technical savvy, regulatory issues and timing -- did I mention timing? IMHO, it will be positive under almost any circumstances given where they are on the SEC approval, VTS launch front, etc. and mindblowing if the NYSE/PHLX merger actually occurs. Of course, we must all do our own diligence. I would prefer not to identify the particular stocks I follow on this Board, as I hate to tout any stock and especially if it is "off topic" to the Board. Also, I would hate to see any of the "children" here plague those stocks (or the SI message boards that follow them) since these children seem to derive particular excitement and pleasure from going after anybody who expresses optimism about some company. I for the life of me can't understand why anybody derives pleasure from pain inflicted upon others, much less why someone would build an investment (divestment?) strategy around that principle, but who am I to judge? AG's perspective, as reflected in his recent posts today (e.g., ATG is all academic theory, little or no content, big cash burner, etc.) continues to reflect just how superficial and uninformative his analysis is. He gets one superficial fact correct, and then goes on to distort it to the point where it is almost unrecognizable. You know, Einstein was an academic whose ideas were mostly theoretical, and it took over 40 years to demonstrate that they could be translated into practical applications with mindblowing implications -- I guess many criticized his pie in the sky ideas when they were first formulated, and only came around 40 years later when the results were indeniable. I know that ATG is no "Einstein", but the simple fact is that ATG is in the right place at the right time, and is about to launch the first in a series of proprietary trading systems they have been developing for 5 years just as the market in which they have positioned themselves explodes to an unprecedented extent. That is timing, and it will translate into big rewards for those who stuck with the idea because it was just so damn compelling. That's my view of it, in any case. Good luck! MST