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To: Les H who wrote (48672)	4/29/2000 8:41:00 PM
From: Michael Watkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Favorite quote observed this weekend... in response, Munger [Berkshire Vice Chairman] was his typically glib self. "I think the reason we use the term 'wretched excess' is there are wretched consequences," he said. "If you mix the chain letter or Ponzi scheme with something like the Internet, you mix something very bad with something very good. But, if you mix raisins with turds, you still have turds."

To: Les H who wrote (48672)	4/29/2000 9:30:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 99985

Breadth By Sector: Apr 28, 2000 percent stocks over MA highs/lows highs/lows highs/lows sector 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d 20-days 40-days 1-year ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---------- ---------- ---------- General Market 04/28 67 46 41 47 407 - 223 278 - 137 81 - 75 04/20 36 29 36 43 193 - 292 150 - 200 37 - 87 04/17 16 21 31 35 96 - 1426 72 - 1147 13 - 372 low 04/14 13 20 30 35 48 - 2143 41 - 1628 9 - 402 low 04/04 32 38 42 49 250 - 1226 185 - 772 27 - 188 03/31 48 51 53 49 592 - 450 435 - 301 119 - 113 percent stocks over MA ********* 20-day highs/lows ********** sector (num) 10 d 21 d 50 d 200d 04/28 04/20 04/17 04/14 ---------------------- ---- ---- ---- ---- --------- --------- --------- --------- Aerospace/Defense (55) 78 55 49 51 4 - 3 9 - 2 3 - 21 0 - 27 Apparel (94) 62 44 59 44 10 - 6 2 - 7 2 - 20 0 - 27 Automotive (40) 51 54 67 28 4 - 2 4 - 4 2 - 6 2 - 13 Banks (120) 41 39 65 20 12 - 23 3 - 8 1 - 17 0 - 26 Biotechnology (131) 78 35 4 73 4 - 1 0 - 12 0 - 90 0 - 109 Building/Constr (114) 64 57 63 37 21 - 6 4 - 10 6 - 27 0 - 30 Chemical (75) 63 59 60 45 6 - 6 2 - 3 5 - 10 6 - 19 Commercial Svcs (217) 62 45 36 40 25 - 21 14 - 15 3 - 71 4 - 110 Computer Svcs (60) 75 37 28 50 5 - 2 2 - 3 1 - 26 0 - 46 Computer Equip (170) 69 35 15 51 5 - 8 1 - 12 0 - 75 0 - 147 Consumer Nondurable (48) 53 45 47 33 7 - 2 2 - 5 2 - 10 0 - 15 Drug (excl Biotech) (96) 68 48 39 78 10 - 1 8 - 7 1 - 40 0 - 49 Electronics (305) 84 59 40 81 54 - 4 9 - 18 1 - 93 0 - 225 Environmental (24) 71 58 46 38 3 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 5 0 - 10 Financial (126) 69 50 61 43 11 - 3 8 - 10 2 - 27 1 - 57 Foods (75) 34 29 50 26 1 - 12 5 - 6 3 - 10 1 - 15 Healthcare (224) 65 44 34 55 15 - 9 11 - 12 3 - 81 1 - 109 Household Prods (43) 67 56 58 44 5 - 1 5 - 2 4 - 10 1 - 16 Insurance (99) 68 50 71 40 11 - 5 6 - 12 2 - 19 0 - 17 Internet (374) 66 21 2 19 7 - 14 0 - 35 0 - 245 0 - 333 Leisure (139) 65 49 46 32 17 - 13 11 - 5 2 - 49 1 - 64 Machinery (53) 70 60 66 45 7 - 1 1 - 3 1 - 5 0 - 11 Media (93) 70 46 38 46 5 - 1 0 - 7 2 - 49 0 - 61 Metals (ex-Gold) (80) 63 51 41 31 10 - 5 3 - 8 3 - 25 2 - 21 Oil & Gas (174) 77 62 75 67 25 - 5 12 - 3 4 - 46 3 - 44 Paper Prods & Pkg (52) 55 45 57 30 5 - 5 1 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 14 Real Estate (121) 80 82 85 64 36 - 2 17 - 5 12 - 8 16 - 10 Retail (270) 53 42 56 43 31 - 25 15 - 22 6 - 69 5 - 82 Semiconductors (146) 90 69 44 88 30 - 0 4 - 4 0 - 29 0 - 119 Software (203) 61 27 10 38 10 - 19 2 - 23 0 - 101 0 - 163 Telecom (260) 76 33 13 57 11 - 7 2 - 13 1 - 126 0 - 225 Transportation (87) 67 54 69 54 14 - 2 12 - 5 1 - 19 1 - 20 Utilities (111) 69 77 84 53 10 - 3 15 - 5 20 - 9 8 - 9