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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (20275)	9/21/2000 10:30:32 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<refers to equity in sole trader and private partnership businesses then...in other words businesses that are not incorporated.> This must be very hard to measure... the increase probably stems from more money being allocated to this type of company as opposed to the revaluation of existing assets. Just my guess. DAK

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (20275)	9/21/2000 10:35:49 AM
From: Oblomov	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Yes, I simply called it "private equity" to distinguish it from claims on ownership in public firms... it was my lack of clear language. I'm going to make an FOIA request to the Fed to explain some of their data collection methods w.r.t. tangible assets. Who knows, they may be assigning value to stocks and mutual fund shares hedonically! Increased regulation and greater corporate transparency makes equity shares more valuable, right? -g- In any case, the Fed generally responds within 20 business days to these types of requests. I'll let you know when I get an answer.