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To: ynot who wrote (28899)	9/17/1999 1:52:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Crystal Ball has 2 mediocre points here. 1. Short is "bad" for the "common" folk because they don't know how to do it, let alone when to do it. So, being long holding investors, they get hurt and often panic. (My response - tough luck. Can't take the heat...don't invest) 2. Interest rates rising hurt "common" folk. There is a small measure of truth to this. But not enough for me to waste breath on. AG, as I have said before, has done the right thing for the most people over the longest term. ANYONE SEE THE CURRENT ACCOUNT INFO TODAY? The US spends WAY more than we bring in internationally. That is untenable, and requires higher rates.

To: ynot who wrote (28899)	9/20/1999 4:09:00 PM
From: Crystal ball	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

ABTL, NVDC etc Online-Autos Business models "TOP OF FOOD CHAIN" e-commerce now being seen as Manufactures like GM and FORD etc jumping into online suto sales referrals etc., except franchise laws in every state will prohibit manfactureres from going as far as for example NVDC with its signed.sealed/delivered auto sale total online solution etc., people spend more on cars than on houses etc., so I can not see any other e-business transactions making as much cash flow and related sales and marketing and ad revenues than online auto sales? Is it possible that some business to business sites can make more or are...I am unaware of steel etc., maybe only online trading in the stock markets could do more outright cash transactions? Anyway, I think the top of the pyramids that the internets are building are starting to take form and they look much like exisiting business models...the old IBM and Harvard MBA type models, so then in that context, what effect is the added efficiency going to have....more productivity or just shifting of wealth? Q3 and Q 4 will tell, but the market bottoms seem to be forming now, which means this is the "ground floor" opportunity time, and we do not need increased transaction costs, like higher interest rates etc now. Just some thoughts as I did some bottom feeding buys today. I am, Truly yours, -Crystal Ball P.S. I agree market makers MM need an inventory to sell stock to "make" a market, or prime the pump so to speak, even if they get their inventory from borrowed stocks that are being shorted....but if too many people short, they will finally have to find that inventory of actual stocks when they have to deliver. Another reason why non-Y2K concern, or other anti-liquidity could hit a brick wall, like the Yen.