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To: Yogizuna who wrote (6189)	7/12/2000 8:26:24 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Yogi, when wrestlers and has-been baseball players appear on financial TV specifically to give their stock picks, it does make you wonder. The funniest thing is how CNBC justifies their appearance: "Coming up next on Squawk, Jose Canseco. Jose has made a lot of money in the stock market in the last year. Stay tuned, as Jose will provide his latest stock picks--you won't want to miss this." Which begs the question: who HASN'T made a lot of money in stocks lately??? Yet CNBC would have you believe these guys have somehow figured out a surefire way to beat the market. Wrestlers and washed up ballplayers on Squawk...there is definitely a parallel between that and the shoeshine guy giving Joe Kennedy stock picks in 1929. On a positive note, at least there are a few new commercials that are pretty funny. The Archipelago one with the guy in the job interview is absolutely hilarious, "Uhh, I'm pretty good at lookin' busy."