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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (60882)9/8/1999 4:18:00 PM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
Yep. I assume you read Fred Hickey's Sept musings. He addressed the market cap insanity.



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (60882)9/8/1999 6:49:00 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
Yep, and people worry about a puny $8 billion increase in credit card debt. Assuming a 50% margin on GE the appreciation gave back over $20 billion in GE alone. So on balance we have $12 billion surplus only from GE <G>

This is called NEW ERA ACCOUNTING.

BWDIK
Haim