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To: LTK007 who wrote (48115)	4/25/2000 9:13:00 PM
From: HairBall	Respond to of 99985

LTK007: Max no doubt about it, the market is volatile now...<g> Regards, LG

To: LTK007 who wrote (48115)	4/25/2000 10:03:00 PM
From: set	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

> is anyone knowing of a market situation that > has been so wildly volitile there have been plenty of periods in just the past 30 or 40 years that would make you wish for a market like this one. Of course we can't tell from looking at old charts how fast things happened, but I would bet that, like now, there were always slow and fast days. But your point is well taken. 1999 brought with it a significant increase in short term volatility that was not present in the few years preceding it and that volatility is still with us now. However I think it was those few preceding years that were abnormal. For example, here are some good old fashioned wild markets: users.uswest.net users.uswest.net Here are the markets we'd gotten used to up until last year: users.uswest.net users.uswest.net and here we are now: users.uswest.net users.uswest.net You might say we have it easy, as the current market is fairly aesthetic and well behaved. It's just not as easy to dance with as the one that got us here.

To: LTK007 who wrote (48115)	4/25/2000 10:44:00 PM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 99985

Never in my 25 years as a player I have seen the market action like this. I afraid this kind of action is making more and more people traders, feeding on itself. g

To: LTK007 who wrote (48115)	4/25/2000 11:04:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Respond to of 99985

Max, i'm sorry to say, the only year in this century's stock market history that has seen similar volatility was 1929. however, looking forward i expect us to beat that infamous year in terms of volatility. regards, hb

To: LTK007 who wrote (48115)	4/25/2000 11:13:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Respond to of 99985

Max, i have to amend my statement about past market volatility insofar as the '29 comparison holds only true for the Nasdaq, not the other indices. the Dow in that year was exhibiting the same volatility as the Nasdaq now. there is of course the '87 dip that was an all time volatility record for a single day. but in terms of consistent extreme up/down volatility the Dow in '29 and the Nasdaq now have no peers. note that foreign markets, e.g. Hong Kong have at times been even more volatile. regards, hb