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Pastimes : The Naked Truth - Big Kahuna a Myth

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To: MythMan who wrote (905)2/19/1998 8:48:00 AM
From: Mike da bear  Read Replies (2) of 86076
 

More good news...
Growth in the gap
The United States' trade deficit grew by
24.3 percent to $10.79 billion in December,
the Commerce Department reported
Thursday, well over the $9 billion
economists expected.


Yes, this should be enough to get us over 8500 and a 7th record
close... whats the most consecutive record closes for the DJIA
anyway? My guess this string will end after 123 record closes, then
on the 128 day, the DJIA will close down .5 points and everybody
will jump in the next day... Dip buying opportunity.

Back to the trade deficit...

The spin will be... more cheap goods coming into US. This means
lower OEM costs for US manufactures which in turn means higher
profits (look at Dell, cheaper component prices, more profits)
therefore stock prices should go up.

Actually, Dell is probably responsible for ~$20 Billion in imports
themselves. Don't ya know they've locked up the contract to supply
3 Billion chinese with PCs?

Oh.. and for those US companies which are exporting less due to
higher exchanage rates... Big F**king Deal... they're only a
small number of companies...
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