Author:  "j singh" 
Date:    05/18/2000  11:20 PM

Subject: Disclosure comments

There are fools and then there are Fools. 
     
We understand that analysts have a role in the marketplace. But we note 
that their actions do not necessarily serve the public. The information
they are privy to is tantamount to insider trading as this data is distributed 
into a small segment of the market prior to its release to the broader 
marketplace. And of course access to this information requires pandering
to companies by lowering projected expectations and altering revenue 
models accordingly. Foolish people see that the fools are treading thin 
ice as this activity can no longer be tolerated in this day and age of
rapid and hopefully equal access to information. How can we make intelligent 
individual investment decisions with only some of the information? Instead 
we are forced to act as sheep and move with the herd as the analysts 
whimsically rate equities. 
     
No fool here, only a Fool.