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To: HECTOR RUBERT who wrote (19921)	6/3/1999 4:25:00 PM
From: Guardian	Respond to of 41369

rt 106 1/2 at 4:19

To: HECTOR RUBERT who wrote (19921)	6/3/1999 9:23:00 PM
From: High Plains Drifter	Respond to of 41369

RE: Final number This was one contest I didn't want to win. Long AOL HP

To: HECTOR RUBERT who wrote (19921)	6/4/1999 1:42:00 AM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

HECTOR HUBERT, I would like to claim your prize: I voted 105 7/8. Let me explain: I was watching AOL until 1540 when I left the PC and hit the road. Used my Quotrek. Watched the action. Slow between 3PM AND 340, ~17 mill. sh. Then pace picked up and 4 mill shs were snapped up the last 20 min between 105.5 and 106.5. That was almost 25% of all the day's vol of 21 mill shares!!! That looked to me like whoever was panicking and dumping there were a WHOLE LOT of hungry folks thinking 106 was a good buy. I thought it was. So I weighed in the pros and cons. -first off: The Utilities were unchanged. In fact while this thread has been agonizing for the past 4 weeks worried about interest rates the Utilities have gone straight up except for a brief touch on the 10 DMA. :http://investor.msn.com/charts/chartpi.asp?Symbol=$UTIL In fact today they were unchanged: investor.msn.com So they are not worried. -Second: - unemployment claims went up!!! . That means employment numbers will be weaker tomorrow? < VBG> Wall Str Jour June 4: the Labor Department said the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance rose 4,000 to 305,000 last week. The four-week moving average, a better gauge because it accounts for seasonal fluctuations, increased by 500 to 304,250. -I am extremely comfortable with AOL's broadband plan. There are however many others who are so uncomfortable with it that they are trying to imitate it: Excite@Home Message 9944988 Can't blame 'em: 50 mill + eyeballs is a big number compared to 500000 for EXCITE/ ATHM And, "BellSouth To Test Fiber Optic Internet Access June 3, 1999" The Baby Bells are going to be up Ma Bell's A-- so fast it won't even be funny. And of course AOL will be written all over them. Message 9943119 And so HECTOR I voted with my pocket book: At 1550 and 1555 I out two orders in one for 106 and one for 105 3/4. They were both filled sequentially. Average price 105 7/8. AOL closed at 105 3/4. Do I win? TA You said : Final number is $106!!!! There was a tie:(Within .50 cents) High Plains Drifter tagged it at $105 1/2. Jenne tagged it at $106 1/2. I guess nobody wants to commit new money to the markets until tomorrow's report. I hope for our sake that everything is priced in. Thanks Everybody.... Hector