Date:    12/28/1999  2:26 PM

Subject: Comment on Proposed Regulation FD


Chairman Levitt, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of the SEC:
     
I would like to briefly comment on the Selective Disclosure and Insider 
Trading Rule Proposals the SEC has recently put forth for comments.  As 
an individual investor and a proud citizen of these United States, I am 
entirely, unquestionably, and in all other ways in favor of the adoption 
and strong enforcement of such regulations.
     
I firmly believe, rather idealistically, that the information investors 
base their decisions on is fundamentally either "public" or "insider". 
Further, I would define public information as such only when the entire 
public has access to such information through standard means.  If 
material corporate information is bled out slowly, through the 
corporation, then the analysts, etc., such information should be 
considered "insider" information until it is posted to the public.  In 
the spirit of fairness and equality, there is no legitimate reason that 
any investor, no matter how large or small, should have an opportunity 
to learn such information before another.
     
The pursuit of equality has helped the United States build some of the 
strongest and fairest equity markets in the world.  Such a pursuit, as 
you well know, is difficult and never ending.  You and your organization 
will assuredly come under intense criticism from Wall Street firms and 
ethically questionable corporations alike.  I ask you, on behalf of the 
individual investor, to persist though this adversity and enact and 
enforce the regulations outlined in the Selective Disclosure and Insider 
Trading Rule Proposals.
     
     
Thank you,
     
Christopher R. Tuozzolo
Somerville, MA