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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (30257)	4/30/2000 11:00:00 AM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 42523

NYSE 24.4% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Positive Performance 75.6% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Negative Performance NASDAQ 34.8% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Positive Performance 65.2% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Negative Performance S&P%500 38.1% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Positive Performance 61.9% - 2Yr. % of Stocks with Negative Performance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New equity financing was $31.283 billion in March 2000 and a record $79.165 billion in the first quarter, two and one-half times the year earlier figure. The full-year 1999 total of $171.7 billion was a record by a huge margin, up from $122.1 billion in 1998. Margin debt rose again in March by $13.320 billion, to $278.530 billion, another new record; as a percentage of market value, this was another new postwar high. Margin debt jumped $50 billion in the first quarter of 2000 and an unprecedented 58% in the last seven months. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Source: MSDW