Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:49 PM Subject: trade through (S7-10-04) DEAR SEC.: I, AM, SMALL MUTUAL FUND HOLDER AND I, AM. I READ IN THE PAPERS THAT YOU ARE PONDERING THE IDEA OF LETTING MUTUAL FUND OPT OUT AND NOT GET THE BEST PRICE. Well, I OBJECT HOW DARE ANYONE ALLOW THEM TO NOT GET THE BEST PRICE AND COST ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHER FUND HOLDERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. MAYBE THE FUNDS SHOULD TRY TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PICKING GOOD STOCKS AND STOP COSTING ME AND MY FRIENDS A LOTS OF MONEY WITH THEIR POOR PERFORMANCE. I CANT AFFORD TO HAVE SOME FUND MANAGER OPT OUT BECAUSE MAYBE HE WANTS TO GO HOME EARLY. I KNOW THAT WHEN MR. LEVITT MADE THE MARKETS TRADE IN PENNIES THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY THE FUNDS WENT FROM ABOUT 200 TICKETS TO OVER 2000 TICKETS TO PROCESS AT THE END OF THE DAY. Well, THEY ARE ALL BEING PAID A LOT OF MONEY AND THIS IS PART OF THEIR JOBS. THANKS YOU JAMES W. TAMUCCIO