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To: Sharp_End_Of_Drill who wrote (925)	3/3/2001 11:20:22 PM
From: Don England	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23153

presently overwhelmed with info. anyone: loved that article on the plan to free up japan's financial mkt. thanks to whoever. what is our prob. with japan? i understand a little about alliance capitalism vs. our brand, and i see the tanking as they mark to mkt. on bank loans, and i realize they are the world's #2 economy, but what, specifically, makes this a prob. for us? only thing i can see is that they hold one helluva lot of our debt., which they might need to redeem... jim p.: what is it with actm? short position is horrendous. herb greenberg, tsc, has been after their bookkeeping (only word in the english lang. that i know of that has 3 consecutive doubles!) incessantly, and this is not a man who is often wrong, only early. is this just a trade, in and out, on your part? god knows, i wouldn't want to 'invest' in them, from what i see. t.m.: guess i expected some simple reply when i asked about your holdings. NO, i don't want more info at the moment - i may later, but right now between the evening's wife-alloted portion of rum and infinite numbers indicating infinite possible futures i am strictly befuddled. (speaking, in non sequitirs, of the future, anyone else think 'blade runner' was a really fine movie?) oh, i did read what was avail. from harry dent's site. quite interesting. as i fuzzily recall he was claiming that growth in the g.d.p., and the economy's rate of expansion, heralding low inflation, were a product of production increases, but i have seen arguments that rather convincingly show that low inflation was quite well correlated with a lower rate of money growth. since the fed is in charge of money growth, and since they have boosted productivity figures with hedonic whatchamacallits i am uncertain of which might be the case. one thing in my life, that i haven't yet done, is figure out craps. i think i'd love to hit the tables and work the cubes. wife likes 21; can literally spend all noc losing $20. (and you wouldn't want to play poker with her) notwithstanding that i really hate the timeless and windowless vacuumy-weirdness of casinos. nobody ever answered my query: who is still going to the rig party? the strangeness of human interactions continues to fascinate. don p.s. k.b. don't even tell me my paragraphs are a mess.