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To: posthumousone who wrote (111584)	7/7/2001 4:21:35 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Well really that's assets in money market funds..what happens if those drop to fast; in as much MM funds are in bonds etc , then bonds must get sold and interest rates go up..la de da..like MM funds are not just cash sitting on the side lines as the dumb ass news pundits imply. ---------------------------------------------- Also MM funds help cover the margin requirement for shorting too.. If them pundits on CNN. or CNBC knew what they were talking about they would not be news comintators..they would be running a hedge fund ripping of the suckers and making some real money. They don't have a clue as to what is really going on in the market it's over their dumb ass heads by a mile or two, they make up stories as they go & will say or do just about anything to get some attention. Also for the most part they are in a conflict of interest as if they were to get really honest or did some sincere investigative reporting their sponsors would dump them in a minute. Just the same MM funds are not cash.. Do you know that in Japan they distrust the bankers so much that there is a waiting list to get a safety deposit box..& the safety deposit boxes over there are crammed with CASH..both yen and U.S cash & have been for a long time & why don't they talk about taht. ? Jim

To: posthumousone who wrote (111584)	7/7/2001 7:18:03 PM
From: robnhood	Respond to of 436258

There's a Gazzilion sitting in the postal savings in Japan.. It ain't gone into the Casino, and may never. That's my answer. There must be a lot of people with no front teeth left from playing this game.

To: posthumousone who wrote (111584)	7/7/2001 7:37:36 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>> What is the rebutal to all the money on sidelines will never let this market drop too far? << simple. just because people have money on the sidelines doesn't mean they have to spend it on stocks or bonds. they may choose to leave it in cash for a while and then move that money into hard assets when they see their savings being ravaged by inflation. maybe they will eventually put that money to work in a different country with better fundamentals, not ours.

To: posthumousone who wrote (111584)	7/8/2001 10:18:45 AM
From: marginmike	Respond to of 436258

That was what they said in 29' too.

To: posthumousone who wrote (111584)	7/8/2001 8:04:28 PM
From: B.REVERE	Respond to of 436258

Those who have stayed out won't pay up for earnings multiples that have no bearing on a company's future prospects to make those earnings. Also, knowing that the external auditors have been on the take for years to look the other way on fasb standards have not been overlooked by those who can read a balance sheet. The SEC is finally looking at some high profile companies that have abused the reporting standards for years to keep their stock up. Time to clean out all the garbage from the last decade of smoke and mirrors.