Jim Goodman's "The Right Side of the PSYCLE sm"
Stocks/Industry Groups Timing Newsletter, and Education service
"The Teaching Newsletter"....just Learn the Patterns and Concepts Taught....then View the Charts, and Choose from sec. (3), (6), (7) ideas.... NEWSLETTER, issue # 177, dated: 9:30 am, PST, Monday, Mar. 6, 2000

Big potential career news for you: I may have found the best alternative here for both You and me....I would reactivate my formal 'invesment broker' licenses, helping you choose ideas from my lists for you, on a semi-discretionary basis, saving you much time and effort, 'clearing' "PSYCLE sm" trades for clients (like you), with portions of your growth assets (for both, regular trading and investing objectives outside, and inside pension accounts for you), through one of the largest such firms around, while providing services for a General Partnership with my "Pitbull" websites partner, while maintaining the NL, Booklets, Consulting, quietly, for at least a while.... I would personally not yet establish my own GP, but would instead be a special 'personal broker' to you, and others, if desired, with a full-srvice firm....This would happen pretty soon, by end of March....looks fairly definite, at this point....so, if you wish, please contact me soon, if any further interest in direct help from me, etc. Thanks !

And, besides all the great stuff herein, today, as promised, I start the sequential seven stages of my "PSYCLE sm", over the next several NL's, in sec. (8) below, for you....you're welcome....just today's alone is worth many thousands of dollars to you....please keep it to yourself....

I am also changing the NL access code, beginning with the next NL, this Thu., 3/10, so watch for an e-mail with the new 'middle code', or a nice missive if your subscription expired, or is about to expire....Remember, some of you will still have some time left on your subscriptions, others will have gotten a bunch of 'extra' NL's free since my last NL code change, and, regardless, I will split the difference with most of you, in appreciation, as usual....thanks....

(this is in every NL): If you are a "NEWER" Subscriber, please take the time to read/printout ALL of the "wordy" parts of this NL, once or twice, anyway....If you are an "OLDER" Subscriber, of course, feel free to SKIP, or not print out, those specific NL sections/pages you do not wish to glean your information from. (Save/printout all my CUMULATIVE newsletters, for future reference/educational learning/help). If you are pressed for time, at least read Section (2) to develop a "feel" for Sentiment patterns --- and Section (3) always, while taking the time to actually View some individual stock CHARTS, "piecemeal" at least....Neither expect ME to stay "super hot" nor "super cold" forever. NO emotion --- and do NOT "just extrapolate the 'most recent results' forward, good or bad, forever" !!! Relax, take the time to VIEW/learn the patterns/charts, enjoy the process....

**** Realize, that probably at least 2/3 of each NL is the "same", each issue ! so, once familiar with the 8 sections, and the concepts, you should NOT have to spend much time with each NL....DO view at least SOME stocks charts, every day, a big secret to success in stocks ! most of the time, the ideas in section (6) remain there for a while.... if you just view a small bunch each day, you'd have all their patterns in your brain in just a few days, yes ? If pressed for time, just read section (1) and (2), and View some charts, from section (3)....I give a LOT, for very little money....spend 30 minutes, or spend up to 3 hours, with my output, twice a week, it's up to you.

1) "PSYCLE SENSE sm": new:
As predicted/expected, the "NYSE composite index" did indeed have a triple-bottom around 575, and has already bounced to 615....while the NYSE "Unweighted index" is also trying to double-bottom at last week's lows....yet, simultaneously, in my new chartbook, I now see the Lowest number 'bullish-base-pattern' NASDAQ stocks I can EVER recall ....get it ? watch out NASDAQ extendeds ?

Interesting, how my 'puttables' list was shrinking, now growing, mostly on NASDAQ....it must be so difficult to hear me talk about impending parabolic tops among NASDAQ stocks, while I add more and more depressed stocks to potential long buy list, mostly all on the NYSE....broadening out, I.G. rotation-wise --- just as 'the 95 %" begin to write-off the 'old-economy' sectors, dig ?

in Barron's, 3/6, Tony Orphanos, mgr. of the Howard Equity M. Fund, who also called the lows in the OIl Service stocks with Crude around $ 10. (as I did), points out, that, "since 1980 there has not been a single sustained interest-rate increase that has lasted more than 21 months....and our recent I.R. rise has been 18 months in the making...." get it ? I also say we are certainly close to the end of most I.R. rises, as I called for last year herein, probably still under that 7 % level on the long bond....and may still take a few months to fulfill.... so, watch for many Trans. and Util. and NYSE depresseds to bottom ahead.... INDEPENDENTLY/regardless of what happens to the NASDAQ extendeds do....

Please appreciate, how much time/effort I put in, to put ALL applicable, staged, stocks, which fit learnable, and actionable, "PSYCLE sm" patterns, into each NL....Sometimes fewer, sometimes more, as befits market conditions....again, the "Most Actionable, Do-able, stocks, Here/Now", are in Section (3). And, the "Learning/feeling/Sentiment/commentary" items, are in section (2). Longer lists, and Industry Groups, are in section (6) and (7).... and all "follow-ups", are in sections (4) and (5). Of course, if you do not own any of the stocks in sec. (4) or (5), you may choose to save time by ignoring those if you wish....Eight, very clear NL "sections". You have No excuses for not taking advantage, over time.

2) "What's Been Said, and What I've Read":

a) Important Industry Group (Rotation) notes:1) Golds are pulling back as expected, towards probable buy levels ahead, watching for that.... 2) the March T-bond is again up to its previously-given-you-herein resistance level, around 96, interesting, since everyone believes rates should have been rising more ....3) as we have been watching for, some Steel stocks forming EVB's here....but it may still be too early for Paper, Chem., Copper, etc., but, I will keep eye on them for you, as usual.... 4) I am probably going to be a little early, giving you a list of potential EVB's as Banks/Financial/Insurance stocks, soon: in no particular order, BAC, CCR, JP, KEY, NFB, TMK, WM, CMA, BBT, BWE, GSB, CNB, DME ....5) I am also beginning to see some potential EVB's among depressed Capital Goods, Cyclicals, Chem., Waste/Pollution, stocks....to go along with Rails, and even some Airlines beginning to bottom --- just as "the experts' get super-bearish 'because price of Crude Oil so high', dig ? so, as usual let me be among the first/very few to alert you to these impending bottoms....again note, most all of these are ony the NYSE....

6) let me also be certainly, the fist/only to mention impending top in Closed-end M. funds, from the country of India (IFN, IGF, JFI).... 7) noting again, how all the major Intl. Oil stocks (like, CHV, TX, MOB, OXY, P, XOM, etc.) fell continuously, for months, even as Crude prices rose big-time....check them out, which I specifically gave you herein near highs as Puttables....more proof that 'fundamentals' cannot automatically be 'linked' to future stock price moves, etc. ...8) and, review all the extended Media stocks I gave herein, down recently, just as Value Line and all analysts fell in love with them near their highs, like, NYT, OMC, MHP, IPG, CBS, TMC, TNO, etc. ...9) last, more Semi. stocks beginning to look toppy, so I added some in section (7) below.... 10) recent takeover offers for Manor Care and Aetna, I predict(ed) are just the tip of a L.T. iceberg, because Health-care, Insurance, Bank stocks, are so cheap L.T., now, as I have already predicted here.... 11) and Barron's 3/6 mentioned CSX and NSC, railroads I gave you herein as 'watching for EVB', negatively, as usual....but I say, since 'fundamentally', their combined mkt. cap. is much lower than what they paid, years ago, for just Conrail, they are really CHEAP (L.T. only, of course). You think the govt. is going to let all the railroads disappear ? yeah, right.... 12) watch for 'fakeout breakouts' among topping Biotechs....could make catching them difficult, but think of the bigger picture, in perspective, with their parabolas.

b) more, misleading, sensationalized, late, and/or improper/incorrect comments from the Financial Media, Reporters, etc.: 1) CNBC's Bob Pisani, Fri., 7:33 am, actually misled, showing chart of "UK", saying, "see that base in Feb. ? what a tease....very difficult calling the bottom in this, and the cyclical stocks..." Uh, what base ? and, what bottom ? ....2) good contrary signal, CBNC, Thu., mentioned how, on 4 of the last 5 Fridays, the Dow had fallen over 200 points each time, and therefore, Fri. 3rd would likely be the same thing....and, of course, the Dow then ROSE over 200 points, instead of falling....thanks for being wrong again, CNBC.... 3) please note, how, AAS and THC, pulled back in perfect "PSYCLE sm" behavior, after rising from base, then hitting their 200 DMA, where 'sold' herein, dig ? and, how, Housing stocks, continue(d) their large drops, INTO higher earnings....more proof that, a) 'assumed fundamentals' cannot automatically be 'linked' to future stock price moves, and, b) 'home prices' can rise, even as 'home building company stocks' prices, can fall....this is no different than is true with any other I.G., historically....

c) more incorrect/misleading/sensationalized, and/or improper comments, from Fundamentalists/Companies, newspapers/magazines, etc., vs. illogical/Contrary/Unlinkable, past/present/future stock price moves:1) neat, exactly as I predicted in last NL: COMS stock did indeed 'correct nicely on the spin-off news", 107 to 81, fast....ditto, PALM....lesson learned again....of interest, PALM's stk. mkt. value was already worth much more, than its parent, COMS, is ! so, last Thu., I suggested watching a 'long COMS, short PALM' strategy, in jest....FYI, COMS (the parent) now has $ 100. per COMS share, just in PALM stock alone ! yikes....yet COMS itself, sold for $ 80, so you figure it out....as of this a.m., PALM already down from 160 to 70.... 2) ditto, with CCU, which I gave you as Put near high, recently got its first less-than-positive report in recent Barron's (article, "Fading Signal ?") -- only AFTER the fall, which we foresaw, as usual....re-read my "Downside" booklet.... 3) ditto, BIz. Week mag., 3/6, big bearish article on the 'pet-store' stocks.... again, only after they have fallen a lot, dig ? Even as they loved these same stocks near their highs, as usual, right ? next....

d) more, likely late, incorrect, and/or misleading, comments, from Brokerage firms, NL writers, Analysts, economists, Money Managers:1) neat, a west-coast B-firm, Wedbush, Morgan (I used to make them a lot of money when I was a broker there, on TV) just came out with a new buy on our ASHW....unusual that they get one of mine right.... 2) recent Biz. Week, 3/6, "Qualcomm's Quandry", correctly pointed out caveats at its stock valuation, even with its recent pullback....questioning their assumption of seeing -- get this --- that 3 Billion wirelesss phones and devices will be sold, in the year 2010....uh, that's one for every 2 people on the planet (not too optimistic, huh), and, that their royalties, and their market share, have to fall, saying, its PE ratio still remains way above NOK, ERICY, MOT, etc. ...3) Merril's perma-bull Internet analyst, Henry Blodgett, in Barron's, 3/6, predicts that 75 % all Internet companies will disappear within 5 years (as I have also inferred, herein, remember ?), and 75 % will never make a dime.... 4) recent Barron's 3/6, a likely correct article, "Hopping on the REIT track", mentions how S & P also says how attractive some REIT stocks are here....as you know, I was the first to say so (God forbid they would publicze me/that in Barron's, don't get me started), but kudos to them anyway....they call them "compelling values"....I know, I know, they have no sexiness....Of course, after they are up, more people will begin to like them, down the road, as usual, right ?

5) I love this one: Barron's 3/6, Andrew Bary, supposedly gives the reason many major Drug stocks have been falling for months, as "many major drugs go off-patent, expiring soon." Hmmmm, gee, thousands of overpaid analysts, almost living in the clothes of these companies, missed this one thing that even the stupidest analyst should have known a while ago, right ? Yet, they all still loved these stocks, near their highs, yes ? they couldn't get enuf of them, yes ? I rest my case, again....I specifically gave out SGP, BMY, PFE, etc., near their highs, as puts herein, remember ? uh, just as they all love the Biotechs way up here....next.... 6) same issue Barron's, evidently Paine Webber came out with 51 potential takeover plays (kudos to PWJ from me) including some huge famous names, as, ONE, ALL, G., CLX, EK, HNZ, JCP....all in depressed I.G.'s we favor, yes ? ....7) Kudos to Barron's, 3/6, "outta Sight ? is Incyte's valuation justified ?" Correctly pointed out the folly of "INCY", parabolic, expressing concerns, etc. properly....check it out....

e) more general items proving why one should probably ignore 95 % of everything else out there: 1) none today....

As you have seen, for years now, how well one does, often, just "doing" the best 'individual' stocks, and Ind. Groups, chart-technically, and sentiment-wise, mostly long-side, while ignoring, or going contrary to, 95 % of all Media messages, and "indexes/averages" comments, from the peanut gallery ? By just getting my output, alone, you do much better, and save time, by not having to even try to "seek, and process" tons of other, useless fundamental info., anyway....and we also help remove potential emotional problems before they begin.

3) Most recent Hypothetical "PSYCLE sm" transactions, to be mimicked, and referred back to:

Always remember to view "1-year-at-least past" charts of everything you can view, herein, along with their 200 day moving averages (DMA's), to "see/learn" the "PSYCLE patterns", and see where/when stocks in section (3) were Hypothetically bought near lows, and put near highs....all % 'Gains' are just logical estimates for L.T., ITM options, if exist, and/or on margin, where no opitons exist....

Also re-read "the Guide" for how I derive the Estimated % percentage Gains I show herein, on assumed Hypothetically 'closed-out' trades (always assumed to have been in Options, where applicable/suitable, and on margin where available/suitable/logical, and on a cash basis where not, as per "PSYCLE sm" tenets)....and when you see "bal." here in section (3), that means, "the balance" of assumed long positions, assuming an initial "1/2 pos." sale....and, "css" means "covered (previous) short sale", where no puts options existed....


* Previously assumed Long positions most recently SOLD (showing the actual price changes, in parentheses, from the price where/when recently originally recommended herein, to the price where very recently Hypothetically "SOLD")....
"Q" = 'quick', i.e., after less than a month or so holding, "VQ" = 'very quick', i.e., just a couple of weeks time, and "VVQ" = 'very very quick', i.e., often after just a few days since 'bought' herein....and, L.T., means 'long-term', i.e., at least a few months' time holding period:

stk.on.mgn. EX (8- to 15+) for VQ 175% Gain....1/2 pos. puts RNWK (90 to 65+) for 111% G....calls NBL (20+ to 26+) for Q 111% G....1/2 pos. calls TOM (11+ to 15-) for VVVQ 90% G....bal. calls AMTD (15+ to 20-) for VVQ 80% G....puts UVN (107+ to 90-) for VQ 75% G....bal. stk.on.mgn. TGI. (23+ to 29) for 44% G....1/2 pos. puts BHC (160 to 149-) for VVQ 55% G....

and/but, longs, ATHM, USL, CBJ, FAX, HA ?, RAD ?, GRL no ?, and, puts, TLCM (25 to 21 to 25), ADTN, MFNX, SAP, AMG, VO, MGM ?, LVLT ?, for very quick, very small losses, normally of smaller overall consequence to a properly diversified L.T. portfolio....but, still too many Q, S, losses....and still too many (?) patterns....and unusual QSL's, longside....I hope you have actually been VIEWING charts of winners and losers here, especially longsiders, to 'see' the patterns....

a helpful note: note how the QSL's, especially with Puts, could be clearly , quickly, and easily determined/seen, as many aborted top patterns broke simply and obviously on their charts, allowing you ample opportunity to cut for very small losses....tthis is how things are supposed to work, and protect your portfolio, when such things happen....so, you had very little damage on the Put side, and also had a bunch of puts Gains as well to balance, anyway....

NOTE: while most of the $ 5. to $ 10. stocks are listed here as "stocks on margin" ("stk.on.mgn."), if one Had bought L.T., in-the-money calls options, their % Gains/Losses would have been multiplied, higher, right ? We prefer not to buy Calls on most stocks under $ 10., unless their patterns are phenomenal, as their options premiums tend to be too high, vs. buying those stocks on Margin, with close stops, where suitable, instead, with less arithmetic risk, and yet, similar reward potential--- stocks themselves have no "premium", right ? and, of course, if one just bought said longs for cash, and not on margin, the % Gains/Losses here would be relatively smaller, though still excellent, for such short holding periods, yes ? also, obviously, these "transactions" are always listed, from biggest % Gains, to smallest, then all losses....

* Newly/Additionally BOUGHT/Buyables, right around/near these prices only:

(either for Cash, especially in Pensions, and/or on Margin where suitable, and/or Only L.T., in-the-money Options, where suitable/available, always Diversifying, always with close Stops below/above recent lows/highs):
(note: If you are New to this NL, here are the most recent "Buyables/Puttables", long/short) (note: a " - " after a price, means "just under" that price....and, a " + " means "just over" that price....i.e., 16+ means, 16 to 16 3/8, and, 56-, means, 55 5/8 to 56, etc.)....again, the idea is to "just get real close" to my listed prices here, when buying long/selling/putting issues given....try NOT to worry about every 1/8 or 1/16....

**** Newly BOUGHT Long-side, for potential Rises: (note, most are still pretty low-priceds, read thoroughly, some new "repeats" and "revisited" "new" ones again, here): each alphabetically by symbol: again, "just get real close" to suggested prices: 1/2 pos. AW @ 5++, BMC @ 5, 1/2 pos. BSX @ 18-, 1/2 pos. EEE @ 1.06, 1/2 pos. EFX @ 20+, 1/2 pos. HAS @ 15+, HUM @ 6++, PCG @ 20-, 1/2 pos. MCK @ 19-, 1/2 pos. TEN @ 7+, 1/2 pos. TIE @ 4+, 1/2 pos. TSK @ 12++,

"Repeats": ABX @ 16 ?, ALI. @ 5+, AVL @ 7 1/2, BBA @ 3++, BGO @ 5/8, CAU @ 0.25, CCH @ 0.175, CKR @ 6+, CMX @ 4-, CPC @ 15, DEMP @ 4.06, DHI. @ 11+, ECO @ 1 3/8, ETYS @ 14+, FMO @ 14, FSS @ 15+, GOU @ 3.06, HELE @ 7, HRC @ 5-, IFSIA @ 4+, IM @ 11-, JBM @ 2.44, LII. @ 9+, LMT @ 17 1/4, LOR @ 14+, LZB @ 14+, MHX @ 15+, NCI. @ 9-, NCS @ 14+, NHR @ 8-, OCN @ 5++, OH @ 2 9/16, PDQ @ 7++, PMC @ 8, PRGO @ 7+, RAD @ 6+, RBK @ 7+, RDL @ 3, REV @ 7+, RPM @ 9++, SAMC @ 5+, SFI. @ 16++, SOC @ 4 1/8, SRS @ 1.44, SSRI. @ 1 9/32, STEI. @ 4+, SVRN @ 7+, TOK ?, TSA @ 2-, TVX @ 0.75, UNM @ 14, URI. @ 15+, WMI. @ 14++, WNC @ 13+, XRX @ 20+...."buy (only) low", right ?

a nice long list for you to choose from....

NOTE: as I teach in the "Green Guide", countless times, you should know, that, often, there is NOT "just one day, time, or price" when my stocks become "long buys" or "long puts"....some stocks may hit around originally suggested prices, 2, 3, 4 times, etc., sometimes over a period of weeks, as they may form EVB's, double-bottoms and/or bases, or longer tops, right ? When/if they rise/fall in between those times, I follow-up those moves, in section (4) and (5)....this is a Positive, a Benefit, for you....Remember, I have subscribers who ARE already in stocks which have already moved before YOU may have just noticed them herein, dig ? And there ARE many subscribers who ARE viewing the charts of the stocks herein, first, before acting....and there ARE subscribers who DO want "longer, more thorough, teaching" NL's/items from me....so I give it all, for all your situational needs....your choices, no excuses....

*** therefore, all my given stocks REMAIN buyable/puttable, every time they hit originally suggested prices, unless/until they break their patterns....even if weeks pass by !!! "Just get close", and do everything else properly: the stops, VIEWING the charts BEFORE acting, NOT forcing trades, NO emotion, diversifying, etc., and, of course, LEARNING the stages/patterns of price, ind. group, and sentiment/media, patterns.

** Important: took, DFG, CNC, SRR, UCI, RA, Off the pot. Long Buys list, before they might have been Hypothetically "bt."....we do Not "Guess" at bottoms....or tops, for that matter....

Note, I try to give "something for every type of investing/trading desire/account/objective", including some real cheapies, some $ 5-10. stocks, some over $ 20. stocks, and some "names" blue chips, etc. --- either, for straight Cash, and/or, on Margin, and/or (only) L.T., in-the-money Options, etc., so that all my valued subscribers have Choices, and for proper Diversification --- all still having similar, exploitable patterns, in each NL....LEARN the patterns !

**** Newly BOUGHT, long "PUTS" (or "short sales" if no puts), for potential Drops: alphabetically by symbol:
(new ones) 1/2 pos. CBST @ 69-, CREE @ 198, 1/2 pos. GWRX @ 48, QEDI. @ 100-, 1/2 pos. SCMM @ 127+, STM ?, XLA @ 360-,

"Repeats": AMAT ?, LVLT no ?, MGM no ?, MOLX @ 57-, MYGN @ 156-, UMG @ 80....

and/but, took, MSTR, MXF, ENGA, PXCM, PRRC, CCN, GNE, INRS, IDPH, LXK, VSAT, SILI, VYTL, VPHM, DIGL, OMC, PSWT, TEVA, Off the pot. Puts list, before "put", as they aborted their patterns immediately (also see recent past issues taken off, here)....remember, any new highs = off the Puts list....so VIEW their charts, to see what 'aborted Puts patterns' look like, for YOUR lifetime benefit....

*** and/but, among stocks recently given you herein, in sections (6) and (7) below, we "just Missed", DSS, BGP, FGH, KPA, SFS, TRP, KWK, ATX, HEC, CQ, as Longs/Buys near very recent lows, and, VPHM, MRX, HNCS, VIAN, TQNT, IIJI, GBLX, MDCC, SILI, ALKS ?, as Puts/Shorts, near recent highs....Every single stock ever listed here over past NL's was specifically given you herein, in sec. (6) or (7), previously, and you very likely could still have caught them, if you took the time to view their charts recently....More proof of the power of "PSYCLE sm" patterns....again, just because I honestly admit to "missing" some, which DO work anyway, that I give you herein, does not mean YOU have to miss those same stocks....if you do just a little work, you may catch ones, which I miss, herein....

I will always tell you here, also when we "miss" catching suggested ideas, so you can "view/see" and LEARN their charts/patterns, for your educational benefit. Also, this tells us whether the market itself is providing more bottoms/tops, at that time, right ? Another reason why it is important to consider ALL my output, each NL....Again, the idea is to Learn the "Patterns" of previously "given/done" ideas, for YOUR future benefit.

*** All previously mentioned ideas are Followed-up here below, for your Educational/Trading benefit....check these lists/issues briefly, to see if any YOU own, or are considering owning, are mentioned....

4) Already given out in previous NL's, assumed Hypothetical "Long-side" positions:
(issues moving since last time, worthy of following-up, and/or mentioning, because of recent price moves, still remaining long in most all of them, unless otherwise noted):

(* too late to buy up here, usually up already, and/but acting A.O.K., so stay in these, long, for now):

**** note: (sos) means "Sell On Strength" (i.e., on a bounce up towards resistance, and/or where it broke down from)....("S") means Sell it here (if still right at/near the listed price level).

still giving you some nice risers (note, these have always been listed, in order, from the biggest % moves, to the smallest important most recent % price moves): read this, and the last few lists here, thoroughly, carefully, and check their Charts to see the Patterns:

EX 17 1/2 up 5 5/8 (S), AZC 1.06 up 0.19, MUEI. 14 5/8 up 2 1/8, HRC 5 3/4 up 15/16, CTHR 7 7/8 up 1 1/4, REV 10 up 1 3/4, BMC 5 5/8 up 7/8, HUM 7 5/8 up 1, AW 6 3/8 up 3/4, RBK 8 13/16 up 3/4, PCG 21 3/4 up 2, LPX 12 13/16 up 1, DHI. 12 3/8 up 3/4, LMT 18 1/2 up 1 1/2, BSX 18 13/16 up 1, RPM 10 9/16, WNC 15, GOU 3 13/16, GTN 1 13/16, DEMP 4 11/16, TOM 15, LZB 16 11/16, GY 8, LOR 15 1/2, FMO 14.93, MCK 19 11/16, CONV 11 13/16, VBAC 3 1/2, NCS 15 3/4, HELE 7 1/2, BBA 4, CNV 4, higher, since last time here....

while, GOU, GLB, NBL went just over its 200 DMA (S)....SUN approaching its 200 DMA....BTH revalidated....and, note, IRSN hit 13, CN 6 3/4, TMO 22, TXM 5, BL 18, higher still....I specifically told you it was a potential 'home run', the only time I ever said that herein....hope you got some, as it was unusually obvious, as I told my ex-clients and friends, and you....rare for me to do so, which, as I said at the time, meant something....

note: please try to appreciate, that I have some subscribers, who want "real quick and out" trades, and others, who want the "multi-month holds for bigger potential gains" trades....by VIEWING the "higher still" list above, you will hopefully learn better PERSPECTIVE in the overall chart patterns, and what can really be accomplished at times, if one lets them....always view the One-year, Daily charts....

and/but, then, seeing Many pullbacks, and/or bounces off pullbacks: BIS 2 3/8 up 1/2, MSN 15/16 up 3/16, AVL 8 5/8 up 5/8, TOM 14-, ASHW, WDC 5, MAH, XRX, NHR, WCC, SFI., DOL, FIX, LUV, BPP, WMI., RAD, BMG, ECO, SAH, IOM, MHX, OCN, OH, ABX, BMC, TOK, IM, PDQ, DAY, BGO, MHR, VGZ, GV, CKR....some of these are also in "ms/sos" list below, get it ? those below must really strengthen or else....

again, please do not be afraid of buying the "Real Depressed Stocks", even in pension accounts, always diversifying, with close stops.... Again, you Must buy at least a FEW, minimum, at one time, to increase your chances of being in the bigger movers....Lesson: there is NO such thing as "but, Jim, which 1 or 2 are your favorites ?" It is impossible, and illogical, to expect anyone to be able to choose just 1 or 2, out of 2,500 issues....maybe 5 to 10, long-siders, and also 5 to 10, put-siders, sometimes, but never just 1 or 2 ....One must also eliminate one's "PSY-chological need for excitement", and/or of "instant/S.T. gratification".


and/but, these already assumed Longs, are acting weaker S.T., and/or must strengthen, and/or must strengthen "again/anew", and/or must "break above recent high or else", and/or are sales on strength ("sos") to/towards/near resistance:


(note, some of these are also in "pb" list above ....obviously, any stock near its lows, or close to breaking, "must strengthen" or else, yes ?) this list has been growing lately....GRL, FMO, CPC, TSA, ABX, JBM, CNI, LAN, USL, BGO, KRY, RAD, MHX, TOK, MSN, OH, MHR, PDQ, LMM, PMC, NCI, 'golds' ....

5) Already given out in previous NL's, assumed Hypothetically long "Puts" positions:

(issues moving since last time, worthy of following-up, still remaining long in these Puts, unless otherwise noted):
* may too late to "begin" to buy puts on these stocks now, but they are acting properly, stick around:

Puttables specifically given you herein, many which are Falling/further since last time here:
check their patterns out: still giving you plenty more decliners, read them carefully: CREE -19, QEDI. -14, XLA -32, MYGN -7, CBST -6 1/2, INCY -5, RNWK -4 1/2, +4, UVN -3 1/2 (S), MC -3, GWRX -2, SCMM -5, CMC -1 (S), MACR, PTEL -4, UMG -2, lower since last NL....while, see, TNO, CSC, AL, AA, AFM, UVN, BHC, fell to/approached their 200 DMA....and, WSM down further, to 17, wow....they all loved it at its highs....

Note: these 'points changes moves' have always been listed, by "number of points falling-/rising+", from most, to least...."(sow)" means, "Sell previously long puts On next Weakness, towards/near support"...."(S)" means sell/sold their previously long Puts right near here, and/or as in section (3) above....I follow-up Every idea mentioned, for YOUR benefit....remember, these are NOT "overnite" trades, they take a little time to fulfill, so please have some patience, and no emotion, nor antsiness....let them do their thing.

* But, then, these, are acting too Strong, and/or are Bouncing, and/or Must Weaken anew, nevertheless, and/or are sales on pullbacks/weakness ("sow"):

: note, fewer of these lately, get it ? INCY +41, -15, CREE +14, MACR +7, MC +7, HGSI. +12, -19, MYGN +15, -11, HHH +8, MGM +1, TSM, QEDI. +10, -3, BCE, MOLX -2, VNWK, RNWK +7, UMG +5, SCMM +2, LVLT +7, MCOM +5, -3, CA, AMGN +4, BHC -5, +3, PTEL, ENE....but seeing too many bounces....but still more 'fades after early bounces', as in probable Distribution, right ?

This kind of intraday volatilty among extendeds is usually dirstribution, not acumulation, historically....

6) Now--- Here are Other, Fuller lists, of still-Depressed, Long Buys, near their recent Lows Only, for potential Rises towards resistance, always Diversified (w/close stops, when/if their basing or "EVB" patterns break down):

Be patient here, and do not "force" trades, or overtrade, just because, PSY-chologically, you "want" to have "something" to buy long....do NOT be "antsy", relax....let the patterns come to YOU....also, there may seem to be "a lot", or "fewer" stocks to review here, especially in the next two sections here....View their charts, piecemeal, at least....Also, remember, we do NOT "chase up"....only buy the ones You prefer to choose, which are still near their lows, with stops for protection, i.e., in a "pension plan", one should probably not do the real cheapies, etc.

Potential Longs, by Industry Groups, for "Rotation":
some decent bases here, and many decent EVB's and double-or-triple- bottoms, (but, again, Not when/if any of these make new lows here, and, NOT if they are already "up", much, off lows, right ?):

Health-relateds (RAD, HRC, CMX, PDX, etc., and, from Value Line list, STEI, HELE, PRGO, HMSY, DEMP)
Prec. Metals (CAU, BGO, ECO, DAY, CBJ, CCH, SSRI, etc., longer-term, and still watching the 'bigger names' as well)
and, these REIT's, most also with big potential Dividends ? (MHX, HCN, SFI, NHR, NHI., NNN, KRC, PAG, BPP, BTR, ALI., etc.) (also some Housing-relateds, below)
Retails/Apparel (BBA, ASHW, HMY, RDL, TSA, RBK, etc., and, from Value LIne, IFSIA, WWW, KWD, TOM, DXYN, PTX, KM, RBK, GTRC, longer-term)
Energy (SUN, GOU, etc.)
Financials/Banks (OCN, XRX, SVRN, ACL, etc.)
Railroad/Trans. (WNC, BNI, GT, GY, LUV, AVL, etc.)
* plus, Computer Memory/Storage, R.E.-and Mtg.-relateds, "Housing-related", Gaming, Waste, Funeral, stocks, down the road....and, longer-term, some Food, Grocery, Steel, Cap. Goods, Auto-relateds, Aero./Def.
I am also noting more 'busted consumer goods' stocks below....like, SOC, REV, HMY, etc. ? and, ahead at some point, Toys ? and, as mentioned in section (2) above, Financials, Capital Goods, and Cyclicals, soon, as well ?

* The stocks on this next list, are also, still, Current, or, Potential, "EVB's" ("exhaustion V bottoms"), read that Booklet !):

Remembering ONLY to buy near their recent Lows (do not "pay up" much off lows), diversified, w/close stops....these, plus the stocks listed just above/below, and the "Newly Boughts" in Section (3) above, comprise the "total" complete long-side buyable lists in today's market....note, the vast majority of stocks are "repeats" each issue....if you just view "some" each day, in a few days, you will have seen all of them, and culled the best-looking ones, saving you much time and effort, yes ? it's up to you....

We are Also "Watching" --- as potential EVB's, or "basing" or "double" bottoms", near recent lows ONLY:
*** as S.T., "EVB's": in no particular order,

"watching" list: note, is growing, yes ? add, CCR, CNW, FTL, GSB, BID, MO, BS, KPA, RML, SSS, SUT, BN, TMK, BNE, SHW, KEY, KR, UST, RSG, UNP, JP, EEE, WEN, to, CONV, TVX, BWL/A, RDL, XCL, NCI, NCS, IM, EGRP, ASE, CNV, AW, CQ, FLO, FGH, IKN, LTV, MDC, PBY, MPH, PDX, RWY, LMT, HAS, LOR, DSS, UNM, SVU, WAC, MCK, WMI, BMC, BDN, DFG, TSK, FRT, NDE, TOL, AGU, CPC, PZN, ETYS, EFX, WGR, PTX, NFS, URI, FMT, HGR, BGC, SRS, X., CGX, LII., ASL, JOB, DROOY, NGH, BSX, AIN, FSS, HII, DHI., MUEI, WDC, HS, FAX, SAH, TIE, IO, SGI, AN, LUB, MNY, TEI, PCP, OMI, CKR, CHKE, LAN, SFI, SRE, GSR, JBM ?, OH, may well base/EVB/bottom ahead.... and/but, not any of these above, when/if they make new lows or break budding bases/patterns ....don't "force" trades....and be sure to do your 'fundamentals' homework on the lesser-known ones....

The last list, was/is primarily a "watching to possibly buy" list....They normally only become Buys, when they appear(ed) in sec. (3) above, and/or when/if they decline towards lows and hold, yes ? That's why YOU must LOOK at their charts, over time, when you have just a few minutes....How else are you going to learn the patterns ? This is a positive thing, not a negative....

7) other, still Extended/potentially Toppy, "Puttables", near recent Highs Only, for potential Price Drops, using, Only, L.T., in-the-money Puts Only, Always Diversified, w/stops if patterns abort to the upside, for potential drops towards their 200 DMA's, at least:
(NOTE: again, if they are already down appreciably from their highs, do NOT chase them down, wait for bounces):
(re-read my "Downside/Puts" booklet): Potential Puts list, by I.G.'s where practical, near their Highs, ONLY --- do NOT "chase down" much: note: this list supercedes all previous ones....these are the ONLY Puttables here, as all others have been removed....

* add, AES, AVX, ETA, RMD, TEF, MTP, PCS, ANAD, COGN, CNCX, CTSH, APEX, TIBX, TERN, QLTI, SCMM, NVDM, MDCC, IVIS, GWRX, GBLX, ENTU, CBST, EMKR, CRGN, FDRY, to, GBLX, MLNM, HGSI., AMG, STM, MSF, AMAT, DMIC, IIJI, MACR, QEDI, IDPH, ASML, AMGN, BCE, GMST, HNCS, ENE, HIT, MC, ITWO, MOLX, PME, PSIX, TNE, VO, XLA, PLCM, LMG/A, UMG ?, NTIQ, INCY, SILK, GNET, CRA, PTEL, ZBRA, VNWK, WCII, TQNT, SSTI, RNWK, ORCL, MGM ?, TV, from recent past NL's,

note, list has been getting smaller, interesting, huh....

and, might, SILI, MSTR, ALKS, ANTC, AUDC, ASPT, ABSC, CSCO, CTXS, ELON, GENZ, VSTR, NXTL, NEWP, RIMM, QRSI, INHL, ITIG, MGIC, end up being 'fakeout breakouts' ?

and, just FYI, from 3/6 Barron's, huge Insider Selling, in, ARTG, APNT, MCLD, BRCM< CMTN, check their potentiqal top patterns out....

* Just view some charts, and if stock is now near its high, without having broken above its topping pattern, it remains a Puttable here and now, right ?

**** new **** the Best Puttable Industry Groups: in no particular order, and, understanding we have already HAD some nice drops, and/or QSL's: Extended and at least Semi-parabolic: Electronics- specialty instruments, Energy/Oil Service, Health/Medical/Drug/Biotech, Retail, Foreign, Computer/Internet/Software/Services, all Semiconductor-related, Home/Jewelry/Silverware/watches/china, High-PE Techs, Media/publishing, and most all Tele.-Commun., all near their recent Highs ONLY, w/close stops above their patterns highs....

8) "PSYCLE sm" Lesson for today:

NEW: Besides all the previous Lessons you have hopefully gleaned from all my past materials, NL's, ideas, and my (7) educational Booklets, I promised I would re-run "the seven sequential stages of my "PSYCLE sm"", so, starting today, and for the next 7 NL's, here they are again:

"PSYCLE sm" stage 1: the cornerstone of the longside patterns, the "Depressed Base", often occurs when/after, the "Exhaustion V Bottom (EVB)", often turns into a flatter, or lazy 'saucer-shaped' formation, only after a BIG previous decline:

The key requirements for any stock in becoming potential lower-risk/higher- potential long Buy, are that, a) that stock HAS to have been MUCH higher before ....a stock which has never been much higher, and/or has not had a BIG fall, is NOT usually a stage 1 candidate....except in the last 2-3- years, when dozens of IPO's formed sideways bases, then went parabolic, which had never happened before in history), b) it has to have completely STOPPED falling, forming at least an EVB, often on high, cathartic volume (stage 7), but bases can also be double-bottoms, or "L" shaped bases, lazy teacup saucers, or a tight, thin, long depressed "rectangle" formation.... c) by nature, there MUST have been preceeding, or occuring now, a period of "bad news/fundamentals/stuff" having happened to that company/industry group....

d) in the base, after the cathartic low, volume ALWAYS dries up (at least after the EVB period) and stays low, with much less interest, and coverage, and care about it, from the financial community, and, e) remember, the initial, eventual rise out of the base, is likely to occur well BEFORE any 'reported improvement' in the fundamentals....f) down the road, and it may take weeks/months, we begin to see "volume pops", from time to time, as smarter bargain-hunters, buy from ignorant scared-sellers, as, eventually, more people who bought much higher, and/or held all the way down, refuse to sell their depressed stock down here, refusing to take losses, etc., becoming L.T. holders, dig ? ....g) eventually, the 'supply of stock outstanding' is more and more held, by people who are low-holders or new-buyers, neither whom are likely to sell, unless the stock rises a bunch anyway, yes ? Just the vagaries of intrayear supply and demand, can lead to occasional 50-100 % pops, even WITHIN a longer base, again, especially when the other stocks in that I.G. pop, even if the stage 1 stock is "not as good"....and, often, completely independent/regardless of any real, or perceived, 'internal, external, or market forces, economis, etc.'

Of course, the idea, provided you already know how long your desired/ideal holding period is, we want to buy, long, when, 1) the EVB or base, is also occuring in many OTHER stocks in similar Industry Groups, at the same time, giving us more power, 2) and/or "the market" has been whacked big, recently, and many EVB's or double-bottoms have formed, and, 3) we want to be sure The Financial Industry and Media doe NOT like the stock/company/group, fundamentally, with negative sentiment apparent (which is often positive for us, forward, of course).

Fact: historically, a much HIGHER % of depressed stocks DO indeed rise again, vs. disappearing, or never going up again !!! Only real unenlightened people think depressed stocks are "more risky somehow".... Any "new lows", or declines, which "break" the budding base/EVB/double-bottom pattern on that chart, unless the whole market is getting killed, are definite warning signs....so our "stops" are mentally pre-set, on any new low price below the most recent low....Unless the base is much longer, then, often, the base breaks to the far right, suckers the last holders out, then the stock rises as originally expected....this often occurs late each year, for our famous 'tax-selling bounces", right ?

Initial upside targets from stage 7/stage 1 lows, on real depresseds, are either, up to their still-falling 200 DMA, or the previously-broken-down-from price, which led to the final fall, in stage 7....Initial upside targets on longer-basing stocks, is either, the top of that longer base, where previous bounces have stopped before, or, the usual, probably 33-50 % back up, rise towards the previous year-or-two's high....i.e., if it fell from $ 30, to 6, the stage 1 rise, might reach 1/3 to 1/2 the-way back up towards 30 again, or to, about the $ 14 to 18 area, as just a general rule....Again, this is an ART, not a science.... additional things like, seeing bigger volume, or pops-and-pullbacks, showing it is ready for a bigger rise at some point ahead, help....obviously, the trick is to get as far to the "right side of the PSYCLE base" as you can, when buying....

So, now you know the briefest basics of stage 1, in most all stock's "PSYCLE sm"....oh, and, remember, everyone's perspective differs: stage 1 can be viewed as, say, only a 1-2-month basing/bottoming period after a big drop, if you are a S.T. trader, and/or, a 3-6-9-month basing period, if you are a longer-term investor....and last, a bigger previous drop, will normally lead to a bigger % rise, off the EVB/base low, which, I guess, is obvious....Hey, you'd be surprised how few people, even pros, know about stage 1 at all....hope this helped....it is worth thousands of dollars to you the rest of your life....I will reward you for multiple paid referrals for my materials, anytime, with thanks....

As I have said here before, it is sometimes part of the 'saucer' bottom formation on many depressed stocks, that a "minor new low" be made, in the middle, or at the end, of the pattern.....This is done to "sucker/keep out", many holders/ buyers, so the smart money can get in (often, the market maker at the lows), at the best price....
IMPORTANT: people keep trying to "formula-ize/computerize" my "PSYCLE sm" process, which, as I keep saying, is a fruitless waste of your valuable time.... just get close, and do everything else correctly....The KEY is just plain learning the simple VISUAL chart patterns for each of the 7 sequential stages in my "logo chart" on my webpage and on the front of every Booklet.

VIEW THE CHARTS....SEE where the 200 DMA's are....LEARN THE PATTERNS/STAGES


**** The following several paragraphs are in every NL:
I have been so busy, expending so much time/effort, researching, finding, and giving the ideas I do in each NL lately, and creating each NL itself, I have not had time to give many more "Lessons" here lately, nor to finish 3 more real valuable "Booklets"....FYI, besides all the previous Lessons you have hopefully gleaned from all my past materials, NL's, ideas, and my (7) educational Booklets, I re-ran "the seven sequential stages of my PSYCLE sm", from my 12/7/98 NL, through the 12/28/98 NL....refer back to, and re-read, those section (8) lessons, any time....hope they helped....they remain available, on the web....also take this time to VIEW charts from section (3) and (6)....

NOTE: just a quick reminder, that, as per the green "Guide", a single stock herein may certainly be found, in 1, 2, 3, even 4, different sections of my NL at any given time....this is logical, and helpful for you....example: it may be in sec. (3) as a new buy at a certain price area, and, in sec. (4) if it has risen or fallen decently from the bought level, as I follow-up its movements for your benefit, and, still also in sec. (6) as a buy when/if it pulls back to its original suggested buy level....This is a GOOD thing for you, NOT a bad/confusing thing....A stock might have risen, from, say, $ 6 (sec. 3) , to $ 7 1/4 (sec. 4 follow-up), then pulls back again (sec. 4, next paragraph), and, when/if it pulls back towards $ 6 again, without breaking its original pattern, is remains a buy (sec. 6)....GOT THAT ? Finding such ideas among the "repeats" in sec. (3), iliustrates this helpful item....This is very simple: All suggested stocks remain actionable when/if they remain/return to original prices, in the future, provided their original chart pattern is still intact....period.

Remember, the time length of the full trip from stage 1 through 7, can be one year, or ten years, or 100 years, etc., depending on one's desired perspective....A stock can be in one stage S.T., and another stage L.T. But one cannot have "everything", that is, we try not to turn a S.T. position into a L.T. position, and we never even try for "potential 10-baggers over several years"....One must decide beforehand, whether one expects a S.T. trade or a L.T. investment....But at least knowing the normal, usual characteristics of each sequential stage, puts us way ahead of "the 95 %". I use 1-year and 2-year charts, period, because we seek 1-2-3-4-month patterns, holds, and moves, and NOT overnite, nor daily nor intraweek moves. Trade less, make more, lower stress, free-up time, etc.

IMPORTANT: people keep trying to "formula-ize/computerize" my "PSYCLE sm" process, which, as I keep saying, is a fruitless waste of your valuable time...."just get close(r)", and do everything else correctly....The KEY is just plain learning the simple VISUAL chart patterns for each of the 7 sequential stages in my "logo chart" on my webpage and on the front of every Booklet, then adding the "sentiment" nuances of each stage.

As I keep reiterating, It is also still better most times, to, 1) buy "some" stage 1 "PSYCLE sm" stocks, in depressed or EVB chart patterns, when their "news seems so bad" but their patterns show EVB's (and have occasional, small, cut losses), than to never do that at all....Because, historically, and as you have seen herein, any small, cut losses, will be more than overcome by larger % Gains, over time, off those EVB lows, when one properly Diversifies, and stays with it....and, to, always, 2) TRY at least "some" "Puts/options" the opposite way, near their Highs only, when/where suitable, than to never do any Puts ever....always diversifying properly, with close stops....

Remember, "PSYCLE sm" stocks tend to move much more INDEPENDENTLY of any/all "external" stuff, than "the 95 %" incorrectly believe....one does Not "need" "events" to happen, in order to exploit normal, probable stock price moves.... this is a Good thing....One Key is to have the strength to Buy, when there is a "scary story", provided the stock pattern is intact....Connectedly, realize, by nature, there is SUPPOSED to be no "sexiness" in stocks/groups, near their lows, in bases, nor EVB's....they only become "sexy", After they rise a bunch, right ? and, by then, it is/will be too late....One must buy into NON-sexiness, into NON-positiveness, into "fear", when the patterns are intact, right ? Also, buying PUTS options "the Psycle Way", can be viewed as just plain intelligent/logical, and proper, as just "insurance" or "protection", as well as for direct profit at times, yes ? The March '98 tops, and July '98 tops, and drops, have proven that yet again.

I also assume you have read the "Significant Disclaimers" paragraph, under my main webpage logo....I cannot infer that my future performance will always match my excellent, real, actual past track records, as each person will, obviously, have differing experiences with my output, and/or do/not do various things, properly/improperly, etc. Thanks for understanding. It is also assumed that you actually "VIEW" 1-and-2-year past Charts of stocks, with their 200 DMA's, BEFORE you "do" anything for real, and that you are aware of their recent highs/lows, for stops price levels, and past/future resistance/support. I am also assuming you have learned to eliminate the potentially hindering emotional "stuff" from the decision-making/stock-choosing side of your brain....