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To: Rarebird who wrote (56730)	7/27/2000 12:09:47 AM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116927

Rarebird, the slap in the face was the fact that a draft dodger got elected President but obviously a lot of voters didn't care but I do and I look forward to the end of his term. it seems odd that clinton was such a pacifist when he was of age to serve and so quick to use the military once he was out of harms way. My friend's father participated in the invasion of Normandy and lived to see his son die in Vietnam and see a draft dodger become president - sorry doesn't seem right to me. Mike

To: Rarebird who wrote (56730)	7/27/2000 1:52:16 PM
From: Ahda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116927

OT or back on T tp://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000727/bs/economy_leadall_dc_1.html In my mind though it does not appear to be so on the currency market the US dollar is losing strength. Where live i have only seen escalation of costs both in the food end and housing end. Running is unison with this is the market retreating. This to me proves that interest rates can't determine the course in an economic structure but to me limit only the nation where contraction or expansion of rates is an artificial attempt to control. As I see prices rising my assumption is it is not only my local. I question the US dollar now, I don't know if gold will serve as a buffer or another currency will become stronger. I do know that consumer wise costs will soon exceed lower incomes level ability to purchase if they have not done so already.

To: Rarebird who wrote (56730)	7/27/2000 3:43:52 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116927

I'll bet there is trouble this very day: THE STREET IS PITCHING mortgages in which borrowers open investment accounts with stocks held as collateral for the home instead of a down payment. Imagine: You pay nothing down on your house while the money you would have spent rides up and down with the latest dot-com or your favorite blue chip. If you think such mortgages sound dicey, you’re not alone. Like margin accounts, which allow investors to buy stock using borrowed money, these accounts may require cash infusions if they fall below a certain value. “There’s a reason we’re not all on margin all our lives,” says Mary A. Malgoire, a financial adviser with Family Firm Inc. in Bethesda, Md. “It’s a risky proposition and an emotionally draining one.” Putting your down payment into an investment account means “betting the farm — literally,” adds Peggy Ruhlin of Budros & Ruhlin Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, financial-planning and investment-management firm. Although these mortgages have (cont) msnbc.com