Date: 03/22/2000 1:20 PM Subject: Proposed Regulation FD As a small investor may I offer a couple of comments in favor of full and open disclosure of information by public companies as proposed in the new rules. The disclosure would have a dampening effect of the wild "Vegas" like speculation which pervades the markets by instituting a more fact based decision making atmosphere amongst all investors. Might such a change in atmosphere also help defuse the hyper inflation in pricing of the so called .com issues which worry serious market interests and regulators? Sincerely, Alan Saul Houston