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07/23/04 12:37 AM

#28842 RE: SSP #28841

An oldie but goody!

Top twenty ways to tell if you're in the wrong stock;

1. Shareholders are happy because their only down a few percent for the day.

2. Management confuses high technology with automobile components.

3. Management thinks "CEO" means "Chief Executive Optional"

4. The future is so bright analysts can't cover it or they will be
permanently blinded.

5. Company relies upon IPR but has never won a lawsuit.

6. Company is run by lawyers.

7. If the lawyers are lying, you lose.

8. If the lawyers are wrong, you lose.

9. If the lawyers are incompetent you lose.

10. Discussing fundamentals is considered taboo and off-topic.

11. Russian roulette is safer because there is only one bullet out of six
chambers.

12. A new office is considered major news even if there is no product for
sale.

13. There is a cult like mentality surrounding the shareholders.

14. Shareholders look up to people who are only wrong 25% of the time even if
it's the most significant 25%.

15. You feel the urge to keep averaging down.

16. The chart is beginning to resemble a waterfall.

17. The money doesn't matter anymore, you just want to be right.

18. When standing on bridges you discover an affinity for day-dreaming.

19. Management thinks PR means "private report"

20. The competition isn't worried.