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To: clochard who wrote (25426)	9/9/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 99985

Dropping rates later would IMO raise stock prices due to the flooding of liquidity into the market like last October. The Bonds will rise anyway as the money leavingthe market will flock to the bond as a safe haven by those that won't trust the injection of liquidity. Of course I may be all wet but that is my view. BTW, I just finished my charts and we couldn't be more postioned for a major economic report in the AM. My indicators are mostly in the mid range and those that are not are evenly spread between over bought and over sold according to sector. Bollinger bands have tightened onthe indexes showing a rapid break one way or the other is due. Now if I could just have got a peek at that report to know which way. <ggg> Good Luck, Lee

To: clochard who wrote (25426)	9/9/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: TimbaBear	Respond to of 99985

..."...They have painted the economy here in a corner and there's nothing they can manipulate anymore. All the U.S. corporations can do to help the bottom line is to lay off half the population and use the money saved to buy back more shares....... It's a good thing reality is perceived differently by each of us!....the world you appear to see really sucks! Somehow I suspect others may see it a bit differently....the problem isn't layoffs but too few workers for all the jobs being created....there may be money leaving here to invest elsewhere, but we still have the most transparent accounting anywhere and that money had better be a whole lot smarter elsewhere than you give it credit for being here....I'm not saying there isn't a lot of gimmicry in accounting here, because I know there is....what I am saying is that it appears to be that most other places it is really difficult to even know what the numbers are.... Technology is the driver of world economy now and the US firms have a huge lead in every phase of it....from computers and the variety of software to the people who know how to use it and have it at home to play with (internet), to the cable and infrastructure, to the longevity which brings an easy familiarity....when was the last time you were worried about being able to learn a new software application? (may not have enough time to learn it :)). The laws of economics have not been repealed but our understanding of them was fostered in a time of heavy industry, large unions, and countries with more definite borders....it is an exciting time to be alive and to be in the market....and, as always, to be very aware of the forces that can decrease the investment principal....I just don't happen to subscribe to a reality as bleak as the one painted in your post