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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (4172)	6/2/2001 6:21:55 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<decide/discover/learn/delineate/define/collate/recombinate/illluminate from all of this data?> Joust/Face... good luck, only the future will tell. DAK

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (4172)	6/2/2001 1:39:53 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Noland stats go something like this - a year ago the average consumer debt to income ratio was 18% - now it's 19%. He doesn't say it's gone up 1% - he says it's gone up at an annual rate of 5%. special.kiplinger.com That's why my stats "exclude" his. He doesn't give the real stats, he embroiders on the real stats. I go back to the same source he used and present the same stats dispassionately, without hyperventilation or distortion. I realize it's too much trouble for some to follow along, because I don't editorialize the way Noland does. I have nothing to gain. I am not a guru, I am not short, I don't invest in options and I don't day trade. I don't own physical gold. I've been in cash since 1999 - and don't see anything that appeals to me right now, although I keep looking. I'm not an investment genius, and don't pretend to be. I make no predictions about the future. I simply state what is, and what was, in a way that would stand up in a court of law. That's the standard by which I judge facts. If you are in the category of those for whom it is too much trouble to follow along, that can't be helped. I do try to make it as easily digestible as possible. Maybe your difficulty is compounded by the fact that I am not telling you what you want to hear. If you don't like what I say, don't read it. End of message.