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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM)
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To: limtex who wrote (15979)10/5/1998 10:03:00 AM
From: engineer  Read Replies (2) of 152472
 
<<In 1987 when the market crashed interest rates in London were dropped
immediately by about 3% and in the US by I can't quite remember but more than
1/4%. The result was that the market drop lasted a couple of days if that and panic
was averted.>>

And by 1989 (late) we had 21% home mortgages and credit card rates which are still 19.8%. So what did that do? Made a few investors alot of money, but caused a major crash in real estate and other related industries.

I would rather have some really sound economic thinking here rather than knee jerk reaction and get the 1930's again.....or even teh 1990 to 1994 times.

The problem with the world coming even closer and now having everything depend so much on a world economy is that without a good working agreement in things like the G7, it is meaningless. I think that getting others to help push the entire world economy in the same direction is what is needed. Mr. G can only push us so far.
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