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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (7823)	8/17/1999 9:09:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Respond to of 15132

Anyone for Mid-caps? bloomberg.com "..According to T. Rowe Price Associates, of Baltimore, between 1926 and 1997 midcaps delivered compound annual returns of 11.6 percent, versus 9.9 percent for large caps and 12 percent for small caps. Midsized stocks have thus performed almost as well as small ones, but have done so with less-extreme price swings--a standard deviation, or average volatility, of 25 percent, compared with 30.9 percent for small stocks..."

To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (7823)	8/17/1999 9:59:00 AM
From: Wally Mastroly	Respond to of 15132

CPI - some details - energy costs a driver: usatoday.com "..So far this year, overall consumer prices are rising at an annual rate of 2.4%, compared with a 1.6% increase for all of 1998. This acceleration reflects the rebound in energy costs, which were rising at a rate of 12.4% in the first seven months of this year after dropping 8.8% for all of 1998... Food prices, meanwhile, rose just 0.2% in July, after no change in June. A big 3% drop in fresh fruit prices helped offset a 2.5% increase in vegetable prices in July... Outside the volatile food and energy sectors, prices were up just 0.2%. And so far this year, this core rate of inflation is rising just 1.7%, even better than last year's 2.4% rise. It has been this moderation that has led many economists to argue that the Fed does not need to be worried that inflation is getting out of control..." - Some details: bloomberg.com