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To: Mark Adams who wrote (108258)	6/12/2001 2:26:32 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Mark, why don't you try looking at the latest Flow of Funds data from the Fed: federalreserve.gov Good data also available at: census.gov You'll probably find most useful the data in Section 16, that's got the household asset and debt info, although you wouldn't know it from the title to the section, e.g., Table No. 796. Ratios of Debt Payments to Family Income:1992 to 1998; No. 797. Household Debt-Service Payments as a Percentage of Disposable Personal Income:1980 to 1999; No. 813. Home Equity Lending—Percentage of Homeowners With Credit, Sources of Credit, and Uses for Funds Borrowed:1993-94 and 1997 census.gov Also take a look at the data in Section 14.

To: Mark Adams who wrote (108258)	6/12/2001 6:28:36 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<Now -- why is one kind of chart better than another? Well, imagine a company with a stock price increasing by 15% each year for 20 years. Think about how you'd normally draw a chart of its stock price. You'd probably use a linear chart, as that's what most of us learned to do in school. The graph would show a really curved line, though. It would look like the stock price grew slowly in the first years, and then zoomed up a lot in the last few years.> Yes, and in other stock price analysis... like volatilities it eliminates stock price outcomes less than zero... just was wondering why you'd use it here... but I see your post... I'll give it some thought... if the charts show the same thing I suppose it doesn't matter much. DAK