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To: Barry Grossman who wrote (66175)10/10/1998 5:45:00 AM
From: Jules V  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Saturday, October 10, 1998

The word on the street of fear: sell into any
rallies


By BRIAN HALE in New York

Wall Street's most volatile week this decade is ending in near-panic with a
plunging currency and a tumbling long-bond yield keeping watch on the
death-throes of the seven-year bull market.

smh.com.au

A short bear market rally seemed a possible conclusion for the final
sharemarket session of the week overnight after four days' of turmoil, but few
experts have any hopeful expectations left. Even the best advice from the
Merrill Lynch broking empire after a tumultuous Thursday was "sell into any
rallies".

Nor did the outlook seem brighter on currency desks after the US dollar's
stunning fall this week; or on bond-trading desks or futures pits after a totally
unexpected "flight to quality" away from 30-year bonds; or in a host of other
financial markets.

The mood in the world's financial centre has gone from negative to dismal to
black over the past week, with Wall Street awash with rumours and hedge
funds liquidating positions while beset by worries about a global credit crunch
and fears of an apparent sudden fading in the strong American economy.
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Analysts, surprised by the speed of the dollar's fall, said it appeared to have
little to do with any reappraisal of Japan's economy.

"It is certainly not because the fundamentals have changed and people are
investing in Japan; the real question now is how long can this last," said one
dealer.

"This is not yen buying, this is dollar selling," said another.
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