Date:    03/21/2000  2:23 PM

Subject: re:proposed regulation FD
 
As an individual investor I am very much in favor of curtailing the practice 
of publically-traded companies divulging information to a select set of 
analysts before making the information truly public.  The stock markets only 
perform efficiently when information is shared equitably.  Having a small 
group of informed analysts who may trade on information not widely available 
seems just one step away from insider trading.  Stopping this practice is a 
good step.
     
I've been an investor since 1971 and do not work in the financial services 
industry.
     
Thanks for the opportunity to comment.
     
Ken Perrin