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To: Investor2 who wrote (5052)	5/11/1999 1:22:00 AM
From: Lars	Read Replies (3) of 15132

* Market Summary * 5/07/99 4/30/99 %Change S&P 500 1,345.00 1,335.18 +.74% Dow Jones 11,031.59 10,789.04 +2.25% NASD Comp 2,503.62 2,542.87 -1.54% Russell 2000 436.11 432.81 +.76% SOX Index 386.96 370.27 +4.51% Value Line 452.88 445.47 +1.66% MS Growth 563.99 561.56 +.43% MS Cyclical 617.46 596.74 +3.47% T - Bill 4.47% 4.43% +4 BP Long Bond 5.81% 5.67% +14 BP Gold - Oz-Near Month $283.70 $287.90 -$4.20 Silver - Oz-Near Month $5.45 $5.40 +$.05 Economic News National Assn. of Purchasing Managers' Index eases to 52.8 from 54.3 - Does Not Confirm Chicago Index - But Pricing Components Worsened - See Below March Consumer Spending rose +.4% - Incomes up +.4% Construction Spending for March rose +.5% Car and Light Truck Sales for April were a very strong 16.8 million annualized rate March Leading Indicators edged up +.1% - See Below Factory Orders for March rose +2.0% - February revised Upward, but still negative Federal Reserve Beige Book - Some interesting data Jobless Claims rose +6,000 to 301,000 - Four Week Moving Average fell -500 to 307,000 March Wholesale Inventories up +.3% - Sales rose +1.7% - Inventory/Sales Ratio falls to 1.30 months Consumer Installment Credit for March rose +$1.6 billion Sharp slowdown to +1.4% annualized rate *Labor Department Report for April - Unemployment Rate edges up +.1% to 4.3% - NonFarm Payrolls expand by 234,000 - Average Workweek up +.1/hr to 34.5 hours - Average Hourly Earnings rose +$.03/hr

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