Pierre, please listen to my #` ONE main rule NEVER BUY A stock after a big gap down........... it goes lower 99%of the time wait 3 months and look at it again... Look at the gaps in MRK,IBM,HD in the last year or so and see the gaps... always go lower I`m sure there are exceptions, BUT in a bear market these are NOT the times to buy them wait 3 mon ths and reevaluate.. Took me 20 years to finally listen to my own rule.. It is the only thing I tell people to NEVER do.