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To: Thomas M. who wrote (16435)	4/26/2000 12:38:00 PM
From: William Hunt	Respond to of 35685

A BEAR MARKET would be especially grim for several states. A report on state finances by the State University of New York's Rockefeller Institute of Government finds five states most at risk from a prolonged bear market: Massachusetts, Colorado, Oregon, New York and Connecticut. "If investment-banker bonuses also were taken into account, New York and Connecticut could move even higher up in the ranking," says Donald J. Boyd, director of fiscal studies. See more information about some of the items mentioned in this column. The report emphasizes that no simple index can reflect all of the ways in which the stock market or capital gains affect income taxes. This index simply reflects the direct role of capital-gains income, Mr. Boyd says. Other states whose finances would be hard hit include California, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Virginia.