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To: Teflon who wrote (29282)	9/8/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: MR. PANAMA (I am a PLAYER)	Respond to of 74651

MSFT -------->>> GLOBAL XXX-ING...MSFT is layin da cable to ------>>> OWN DA WORLD. Just amazing Company. MSFT should split itself up into two parts....Operations and investments. MR. PANAMA hath Spoken

To: Teflon who wrote (29282)	9/8/1999 5:51:00 PM
From: EepOpp	Respond to of 74651

very well put, Teflon. I think Greenspan is trying to consider these ideas but it's so radical to conventional thinking that it scares him. Barring a collapse of the bank or financial institution, the principal in a savings account is not going to go down in value. Whereas, of course, the stock market will do what it does. I guess it's like other things that have changed. Before, we could count on or at least think of spending our entire careers at the same company for life. Now, it's more likely people either will have to work on a contractual basis or become entrepreneurs. A change in thinking is always difficult. It's too bad that these economists are so influential in our finances. JMHO. EepOpp

To: Teflon who wrote (29282)	9/8/1999 6:21:00 PM
From: codawg	Respond to of 74651

Great points Teflon. It's important to understand that money invested in the market is not counted as savings against this savings rate. By this measure I contribute almsot nothing to the countries actual savings rate while in reality I have fairly large sums of money (at least to me) saved away. It's all in the stock market. Even if the market crashed I would still have much of this money. If it crashed enough that I had less than 50% of the money, then money in banks would be at risk as well.