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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (77309)	11/30/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: BGR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86076

Heinz, Good to know that you came out ahead in the QCOM trade. Still, I can see that you love to live dangerously and make money the hard way. :-) Well, Japanese interest rates did go negative at some point last year! Why not the NASDAQ, then? After all, Mohan said that all technological advance and productivity gains are a myth, right? Hey, how come so few are buying houses compared to last year in this booming economy? Could it be (the horror!) that the economy is cooling from the 3 rate hikes as mortgage rates have gone up a full point in some places? Could it be that those trashing bonds now will be wrong, yet again, just like last time when the wild predictions of 6.5% on the long bond ran rampant in this thread, followed by towel racks being tossed around? <VBG> It is sad, however. Increasing margin requirements would have cooled the equities market down rather than making it harder for those on 35k/annum salaries trying to buy their first homes by jacking up borrowing rates (no, this is not an original thought, I stole it from James Galbraith's article in thestreet.com). However, I hear that margin requirements are going down. Recipe for more daytraders going broke, IMHO ... -BGR.