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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (36769)	5/31/2000 4:02:00 PM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

MCHVEs, don't they guzzle gas? Just what the doktor ordered. Slower growth and higher inflation. It'll be interesting to see what consumer credit looks like. It could just be a temporary paying down of debt and the cool spring/summer dampening sales. Perhaps yesterday was just a buyer capitulation. We'll see whether a seller capitulation will come this year. Or not.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (36769)	5/31/2000 5:30:00 PM
From: Zach E.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

Thanks for the explanation. I agree that a "real" crash in stocks would cause tons of volatility in other financial assets as well, and that all of the derivatives out there could make things pretty dicey. I am not sure that a hyper-volatility BK does necessarily needs to happen, though. From a sentiment standpoint, I would think that a grinding down market would be the most effective way to stamp out speculation for a significant period of time.. Did the Nikkei have a 20% (or whatever) down day, or did it just fall rapidly like the Nasdaq has been doing lately? Zach