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To: QwikSand who wrote (28627)	3/7/2000 11:34:00 PM
From: JC Jaros	Respond to of 64865

And this is different how from the current CNBC? Well the CNBC actors play different characters each day. They show up for work, put their fingers in the air and do their damnedest to make you think that what's happening today was exactly what they were talking about yesterday, when in fact, more often than not, it's the *antithesis of what happened yesterday. In 'Trades Of Our Lives' the actors follow the market more formally. The 'news' gets transposed directly into 'story'. There's no spin involved. The actors aren't intermediaries between the issues and the news. They ARE the issues. They ARE the news. A lot of them today would have ended up in the hospital, for example. The actor representing the main character of the DOW would be on his death bed today (after having a huge year previously). This makes renegotiating salaries with the actors a non-issue. In fact, you could arrange to have the companies they play on TV compensate them directly with equity based on stock price performance. There would only be a few regular characters; mostly playing (ambiguous) villains, like Alan Greenspan. From a writer's perspective I'm thinking 'options' activity would be the perfect way rough out the months and weeks ahead when putting together the script. From a traders standpoint, this might be an absolutely invaluable forecasting tool. From a marketing standpoint, some no name B2B web company is kicking down 20 times more than the soap companies USED to for air time. From a purely aesthetic view, the ticker at the bottom means a wider panorama screen above. Whatdayathink? -JCJ