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To: Lee who wrote (29336)	10/15/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

<<Among finished goods, the index for finished goods other than foods and energy advanced 0.8 percent, after posting a 0.1-percent decline a month earlier. This acceleration was primarily due to price increases for cigarettes and passenger cars. (Excluding these two commodities, the index for finished goods less foods and energy would have increased 0.1 percent in September.) Prices for finished consumer foods rose 1.0 percent, following a 0.4-percent gain in August. By contrast, the index for finished energy goods advanced 2.2 percent, after rising 3.7 percent last month.>> make your own mind on inflation!gg I would above 1272 go long on name stocks calls! as I think if 2414 holds for me today. I will be buying puts below 1263 and get out of them at 2330-40 on NDX... Ray tells me that today in last one hour at 1258 open he had only buy orders like SUNW, CSCO INTC MSFT... fwiw... the trade for me is above 2425 long in names and below 2395(1263 SPZ) on NDX short in market through 1240 SPZ long positions and good number of htem to cover at 1250 level..

To: Lee who wrote (29336)	10/19/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Economic Data for Tuesday, October 19, 1999 CPI for Sept. = +0,4% Core rate = +0.3% stats.bls.gov On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.4 percent in September, following increases of 0.3 percent in each of the preceding two months. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in September, following an increase of 0.1 percent in August. Percentage change 12 months SAAR 9 ended in December mos. ended in Sep. 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 All items 2.7 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.8 Food and beverages 2.7 2.1 4.2 1.6 2.3 2.0 Housing 2.2 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 Apparel -1.6 0.1 -0.2 1.0 -0.7 -.9 Transportation 3.8 1.5 4.4 -1.4 -1.7 6.0 Medical care 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 Recreation 1.4 2.8 3.0 1.5 1.2 .4 Education and communication 3.3 4.0 3.4 3.0 0.7 1.1 Other goods and services 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.2 8.8 6.5 Special indexes Energy 2.2 -1.3 8.6 -3.4 -8.8 16.1 Energy commodities 5.2 -3.3 13.8 -6.9 -15.1 35.2 Energy services -0.6 0.8 3.8 0.2 -3.3 2.2 All items less energy 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.4 1.9 Food 2.9 2.1 4.3 1.5 2.3 2.0 All items less food and energy 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 Housing Starts for Sept. = -3.2% to 1.618 m units census.gov Privately owned housing starts in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,618,000, according to estimates reported today by the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of the Census. This is 3 (+/-6)percent below the revised August rate of 1,672,000, but 3 (+/-7)percent above the September 1998 rate of 1,576,000