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To: Monty Lenard who wrote (1690)	4/29/2000 9:18:00 AM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 2103

Hi Monty; I mostly use quote.com..but I still use the free one it charts options as well as stocks. I get the table from edreyfus.com then I go to quote.com & type in the symbols I want for me looking at a chart ( with volume turned on ) is a must .. my mind set on that is not in a TA way , but just finding out what it traded for at different times relative to the stock price, and "where" most of the money was put in it at. ( I like having an edge on the rest of the mullets ) Jim

To: Monty Lenard who wrote (1690)	5/4/2000 10:55:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2103

Monty ; & ALL ..GE will start trading SPLIT on Monday.. The DJI is price weighted not market cap weighted. ----------------- If we rule out all other market conditions I assume this will effect the Dow stocks..by changing the divisor used ? But I haven't heard mention of that. My guess is they calculate the close Friday..and adjust the divisor so that the DJI would open Monday at Fridays close ( if all else remained equal.) To do this they need to add more shares of "every" stock in the index in order to make up for the lowered price that GE will have. This will most effect the stocks with the lowest "float" as funds that track the dow buy the extra shares needed to adjust. ------------------- Other things and news may effect her more..but all else being equal the dow and her stocks should get a little help from the split..CAT the most. ----------- In spite of all tath it don't mean she won't go down :-) I'll watch CAT tomorrow and I "may" try a small bet on her if I can pick the low. I don't like her debt level but it seems every thing is carrying a lot of Dept.. Talking of Dept it's at record highs..and while they sold most of it when rates were low "right now with the dollar so high they are paying the interest with more expensive dollars than they got when they sold it. --------------------- In other words One more effect of Spam upping the rates..it makes the dollar go up..old debt is in effect being paid back with "higher" dollars not cheaper ones. While all that takes time to work it's way through the pipeline..By the time the next earnings come out 3 months from now ( maybe sooner ) You will hear mucho moaning and bitching about how the strong dollar hurt Sales and all that spin spin spin.. ----------- Jim