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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67978)	9/21/1999 2:18:00 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

From our favorite economist at Northern Trust: ntrs.com

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67978)	9/21/1999 3:24:00 PM
From: BSGrinder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Is Cramer finally beginning to connect the dots? This today: Today, the Computer World Will Be Rocked By James J. Cramer 9/21/99 9:16 AM ET "OEM customer demand in the last month has not been as strong as we anticipated." Those 15 words in the second paragraph of Western Digital's (WDC:NYSE) disappointing prerelease this morning will rock the world of computers today. I know, why should we listen to chronically underperforming Western Digital? Why should we trust them with anything? The answer is that while Western Digital's stock has certainly stunk up the joint in recent memory, Western Digital, the company, is an honest and fair barometer of the PC industry. The management has outstanding credibility when it comes to telling the truth about demand. That means we may have to be worried -- as if the Apple (AAPL:Nasdaq) and Taiwan news didn't shake us -- about personal computers until we figure out what caused the slowdown in demand. Was it that July and August were so strong that companies misjudged demand and built too much inventory? Did Y2K cause people to order aggressively earlier in the year borrowing demand from the third and fourth quarters? Has the consumer slowed? Whatever. The Western Digital comments are worrisome and will not be dismissed out of hand by nervous portfolio managers with big gains in tech. I know what I will be working on all day.