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To: Apakhabar who wrote (13329)	2/11/2000 11:17:00 PM
From: Mr. Aloha	Respond to of 14266

It's not unusual for a partnership.. agreement to remain secret. They don't want the actual percentages public because it could be used as a reference for other negotiations etc.. It takes time to find out if THQI has rights to XFL. It doesn't matter right now because that's still iffy. If they do feel they have rights, it won't matter anyway because if WWFE doesn't feel the same, nothing will happen (except legal crap) and it could harm the bread and butter "westling". The XFL rights included in the current WWF licensing would need to be a clear cut determination that both parties obviously see, or a commitment to work together. That will come AFTER the XFL happens and IS(?) successful. IMO

To: Apakhabar who wrote (13329)	2/11/2000 11:23:00 PM
From: Raymond James Norris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14266

The basic problem with your four-year trendline is that it fails to include the low in Sept. 1998. To me it's apples and oranges. Why not draw the straight line up from the low of March 96 and connect to Thursday's low Hi! Okay, let's examine this, The basic problem with doing what you describe is you're going through extreme prices. This trendline is largely dependent upon a low made in the week of 9/4/98. That defeats the purpose of the trendline: to graphically display crowd behavior, not price extremes. To better illustrate, graph THQI on closes instead of highs and lows. This shows the true trend and makes it clear why the trendline should begin in 1995. The link below shows that: stocktrendz.com A second important thing is to remove the "veil of ignorance." This term originates from Public Policy & Management, and more specifically, from Rawlsian economics. By drawing the trendline through the low of yesterday, you're making a personal vantage statement. You see, you want the trendline not to be broken so you choose those points which are consistent with that supposition. A true trendline should be drawn without knowing whether or not it is broken today. You should pick 2 lows and then connect a line through them and see then whether the line is broken or not. Keep an open mind. Your trendlines also miss highs, and have significant breaches (yours are on the low side). This is a different matter. The support line goes through all major points (as evidenced by using closing prices). The channel line does not, which is drawn parallel to the uptrend line. The fact that it does not hit all major highs is NOT important because it is not the independent variable here; the uptrend line is. The channel line is the dependent variable. The fact it doesn't hit all highs shows weakness. THQ was in a beautiful channel through much of 97 but then the rallies began ending lower than the opposite channel line. This meant Bulls were no longer strong enough to push prices to the maximum where they had been in previous years. This is sign of weakness. But because the situation is so unclear, I can't agree with you that the major long-term trend has been broken. I think using closing prices should remove all doubt. Conservatively Yours, Raymond J. Norris