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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: yard_man who wrote (74901)1/31/2000 9:30:00 AM
From: Mike M2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
To all,"... Recently, Paul
MacRae Montgomery, a noted student of the financial markets,
observed that the ratio of triple-A bond yields to the S&P yield is
7.5 times. The only other examples in history where this
relationship even approximated this number was the Weimar
Republic in Germany, probably not a useful parallel, and Japan
in 1989, most likely a valid parallel. Montgomery also prepared a
chart, carried by Barron?s, showing the ratio of mergers to GNP,
reproduced below. It speaks for itself: ..." gold-eagle.com
mike



To: yard_man who wrote (74901)1/31/2000 10:27:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Tip, I think the currencies are much more sensitive to daily political announcements, so I meant what I said.