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To: Canuck Dave who wrote (41598)	3/23/2001 12:04:20 AM
From: straight-->arrow	Respond to of 56537

You are a very "good" person and reason well. I respect Jeff and all that post here-it is your thread. Jeff has been very cordial even though I may have pressed his button a few times. Not done to stir ire but to examine. The market can be enjoyable, just think it should be balanced against other of life's fruits. If you truly like to make money-keep an eye on stock symbol GCHC for the next 90 days. I'll be back to hopefully see you all smiling. -->

To: Canuck Dave who wrote (41598)	3/23/2001 12:27:13 AM
From: Nicole Bourgault	Respond to of 56537

Canuck, I took that on another forum and I find that interesting. Nicole Source Business Week (S&P) Rate Cuts: A Tonic for Smaller Stocks Ten years ago, rate cuts lifted small- and mid-caps. After the Mar. 20 easing, history could repeat itself One thing to remember in the wake of the Federal Reseve's latest interest-rate cut: Small- and mid-cap stocks tend to outperform large stocks in the 12 months following the central bank's easing of monetary policy. When the Fed slashed interest rates in the early 1990s, the larger-cap Standard & Poor's 500 index had been off 19% in the 12 months prior to October 1990, and the Russell 2000 index -- which tracks small- and mid-cap stocks -- dropped 34% during that same period. As the market began to digest the falling Fed funds rate, small- and mid-cap stocks rose. During the 12 months that followed, the Russell index rose 56% vs. 34% for the S&P 500. On Tuesday, Greenspan slashed the Fed funds rate by 50 basis points to 5% and cut the discount rate by 50 points to 4.5%. The S&P 500 is now down about 26% from its March 2000 high, while the Russell index is off around 28%. No guarantees, but with expectations of more rate cuts, the case for small- and mid-caps is increasingly compelling. S&P's top picks include software company BARRA (BARZ ), oil-service company Osca (OSCA ) and medical rehabilitation provider RehabCare Group (RHB ). Each of these stocks is ranked 5 STARS (buy) by S&P.