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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (9456)	10/27/1999 1:54:00 AM
From: Lars	Respond to of 15132

Wally, Re: BRK and energy company. At first it sounded like an unusual purchase but after one sees who WEB's partners are .... it makes sense. BTW, how do you like those fall colors from Mary Kay?

To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (9456)	10/27/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: Lars	Respond to of 15132

* Market Summary * 10/22/99 10/15/99 %Change S&P 500 1,301.65 1,247.41 +4.35% Dow Jones 10,470.25 10,019.71 +4.50% NASD Comp 2,816.50 2,731.83 +3.10% Russell 2000 418.69 414.69 +.97% SOX Index 513.76 512.51 +.24% Value Line 404.86 401.36 +.87% MS Growth 523.64 490.20 +6.82% MS Cyclical 523.49 522.93 +.11% T - Bill 4.92% 4.89% +3 BP Long Bond 6.35% 6.26% +9 BP Gold - Oz-Near Month $303.30 $316.40 -$13.10 Silver - Oz-Near Month $5.25 $5.33 -$.08 September Housing Starts fell -3.2% to Annualized Rate of 1.62 million - Permits fell -7.3% to 1.50 Million Annualized Rate Consumer Prices for September rose +.4% - Core Rate - Ex Food & Energy - rose +.3% International Trade Deficit "narrows" to $24.1 bil Jobless Claims rise +9,000 to 298,000 - Four Week Moving Average up +6,000 to 300,750 *Philadelphia Federal Reserve Index for September Drops to 6.9 from 17.6 in August - But Prices Paid rises to 22.5 - A Four Year High

To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (9456)	10/27/1999 1:58:00 AM
From: Lars	Respond to of 15132

* Market Summary 10/15/99 * 10/15/99 10/08/99 %Change S&P 500 1,247.41 1,336.02 -6.63% Dow Jones 10,019.71 10,649.76 -5.92% NASD Comp 2,731.83 2,886.58 -5.36% Russell 2000 414.69 427.71 -3.04% SOX Index 512.51 516.92 -.85% Value Line 401.36 419.08 -4.23% MS Growth 490.20 523.66 -6.39% MS Cyclical 522.93 551.04 -5.10% T - Bill 4.89% 4.67% +22 BP Long Bond 6.26% 6.19% +7 BP Gold - Oz-Near Month $316.40 $321.70 -$5.30 Silver - Oz-Near Month $5.33 $5.55 -$.22 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) Indexes Strong - New Orders, Capacity Utilization and Backlogs - Up Atlanta FRB Production Index rose to +7.1 from -2.4 Jobless Claims drop -29,000 to 285,000 - Four Week Moving Average falls -750 to 293,750 Retail Sales in September rose +.1% - But Without Autos - +.6% - And August revised to +1.5% from +1.2% September Producer Price Index rose +1.1% - Core Rate Excluding Energy and Food, up +.8% Industrial Production in September fell -.3% Capacity Utilization in September fell to 80.3% Univ. of Michigan Consumer Sentiment 105.3 - Modest decline from final September 107.3