Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Pastimes : Home on the range where the buffalo roam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Boplicity who wrote (10412)	2/18/2001 8:55:29 PM
From: pbull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13572

FWIW, I've seen construction activity pick up noticeably in my neck of the weeds. Help-wanted ads in the local rag were kinda thin 4 to 6 weeks ago, but have been noticeably better in the last two weeks. Some retailers here have closed (Ward, Kmart), but HD just opened about two months ago and they've been reasonably busy, even though there's a Lowe's across the street. Over the weekend, I checked Dreyfus.com and read the comments from Dick Hoey, their chief economist. He says he thinks the economy was in a borderline recession at the start of the year, but that this will be the mildest recession of the post-war era, even though mild recessions can be painful for some. Again, just FWIW. I believe we can gather more insight from one another's observations (Peter Lynch style research) than we can from a dozen Wall Street gurus. Just IMO. PB