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To: Tom Hua who wrote (11089)	6/22/2001 6:06:18 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19633

What alternatives? If you have 10-25 years until retirement and want a compounded 10-11% annually over that time (instead of 5%), the only other instrument I know of is high-yield corporate or emerging market government bonds. And Joe Blow doesn't know how to invest in those. So it's stocks or CD's or cash. They have already run to cash compared to recent times. As soon as the Naz goes positive YTD they will come back in droves. Last time the Naz crossed 2300 our firm started getting calls from clients to top up their accounts. How many people do you know personally who have pulled out of the market and sworn off stocks? JMHO, but I think we have seen a sea change in investing habits that will last for at least a generation.