Rachel:How are your stocks doing,Jim?

Jim:Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been

pretty good.

Rachel:Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet,too.

Jim:Just goes to show that you should buy companies,not ideas.

Rachel:I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now.

Jim:Yeah, me too. Did you hear about Ted?

Rachel:No, what happened?

Jim:He lost his kids' college money by trading.

Rachel:Oh, boy! His wife can't be happy about that.