Date:    03/22/2000  9:53 AM

Subject: Proposed Regulation FD

TO:        Whomever at SEC is the keeper of comments in re "Proposed 
Regulation FD"
FROM:    Dave Bohyer, individual investor; 3950 Floweree Dr., Helena, MT 
59602-9579
RE:        SEC -- Proposed Regulation FD 
DATE:    March 22, 2000
     
I am taking this opportunity to be on the record in support of "Proposed 
Regulation FD".
     
As an individual investor -- truly a micro investor compared to institutions 
and the most affluent -- it has become clear to me that I am at a 
considerable disadvantage to major investors when it comes to access to 
information, particularly the timing of access to information.  I believe 
that Proposed Regulation FD, at least in substance if not form, would go a 
long way to ensuring that all investors and any other interested parties 
have virtually the same information at the same time.  The money that I have 
invested in a publicly traded company is as important to me as the money 
that an institution has invested in the same company is to the institution 
(or its clients, partners, investors, et al.).  Therefore, I believe that 
having equal access to relevant and timely financial information regarding 
the company is a good idea.
     
Also, on a remotely related matter, I also believe that the investing public 
would be well served to have timely access to information regarding Initial 
Public Offerings.  More specifically, small investors, such as myself, have 
severely limited access to IPOs at the initial pricing.  Moreover, the 
access that we do have (e.g., through on-line brokerages) typically impose 
substantial penalties for "flipping" by investors who are fortunate enough 
to win a stake in the IPO lotteries.  I think it would be highly beneficial 
to the investing public to have access to:
>    a list of all of the firms/brokerages participating in the IPO;
>    a list, by brokerage, of the number of IPO shares granted to each 
brokerage;
>    a list, by individual investor, of those investors allocated shares at 
the IPO price and including the number of shares allocated to
      each investor.  (This share # statistic could be provided for
investors allocated a number of shares above a particular threshold,
      e.g. more that 100 shares or more than 0.002% of the IPO shares (that
100 shares of a 5,000,000 share offering.)
>    a list, by those who were allocated IPO shares, detailing the date(s) 
and number(s) of shares traded by IPO investors within a
      certain timeframe, e.g., 30-, 60-, 90-, 180-days after the IPO date.
     
Thanks for your time and this opportunity.