Date:    12/16/1999  5:33 PM

Subject: Proposed regulation FD

    I hope the proposed rule change requiring full disclosure by companies
is adopted by the SEC. 
 It is outrageous that companies are allowed to selectively disclose
important information to 
institutions and brokerages while investors not affiliated with those 
institutions often have to wait
for a press release. I believe it allows those brokerages to trade on what 
amounts to inside 
information. People who invest through brokerages are no better than people 
investing without brokerages.
     
 Please resist the enormous pressure that will be applied by the brokers and
their lobbyists. The rules 
can be simple and businesses will have no trouble implementing the new 
rules. 
     
     
     
     
     
Sincerely,
     
     
Craig Thomas
     
Wake Forest, NC