Jan. 25 Hotline (Jan. 25, 2000)

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Market Commentary:

All major indexes are coming under pressure as I told they would last week.

The high volatility we have and are seeing suggests a near term top. The big news is that the tech-heavy NASDAQ has finally joined the selloff after not only resisting the bear move but making new all time highs last week.

I look for all the indexes to suffer a modest correction including the NASDAQ. This will tend to hurt our WSW stocks but I think that you will see that they will hold up better than the averages and will lead the market higher when the market turns back to a bull market. Our portfolio is heavily weighted toward tech stocks right now. However, the stocks we have in the portfolio will do better than the average stock because their underlying fundamentals are so much more bullish.

My suggested strategy is to hang on to your existing WSW positions through this correction. Our stocks will not hurt as badly though I would expect to see a few names stopped out. Keep the cash created by the stop outs to the side and get ready to buy the remaining names in the WSW portfolio when the market starts to turn up.

It's too early to call for a resumption of the bull market. We need to see a little more time to the downside first.

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