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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (103158)	5/10/2000 10:36:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>I just hope it does not hit the retail segment hard. Glenn, if your stores where in Silicon valley...would might be concerned. I thought Cisco might help the tech sector...now it will be up to U Al.

To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (103158)	5/10/2000 11:58:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 164684

gdr, i think it hits everyone hard - especially high end retail. why? folks are totally leveraging debt and dis-savings to keep the money flowing into the markets. at some point, that trend has to stop. result: markets fall due to fewer buyers. at some point, folks must begin to save again and pay off debt. result: like above, but worse. at some point, folks will realize their *ss is lost in the market and they will save more and reduce more debt and pull dough out of the market. reuslt: markets tumble hard. at some point, folks realize their $500k retirement is now $45k, so they save more and reduce more debt. results: pes in the 7 range. jmho...