To: Lucretius who wrote (133823 ) 11/10/2001 12:17:22 PM From: mishedlo Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 436258 Business at AMAT is so great that they decided to give these over-worked slaves some much needed time off and rest. CAPEX expendetures are going up - can't you see it? We obviously have under-capacity after gearing down for so many years. Every rice paddy farmer in China is putting in an order for a phone and a PC next week, by executive order of the GW Bush, and free money from Greenspan. If this order does not come thru in a timely fashion, our goverment should order PCs and phones and give them away. I say we kick this off right now, with a new PC and phone for every state and federal worker right now. Scrap the old PC's cause they obviously are incapable of doing today's work. New PC and phones would be a huge productivity boost. Since there is an obvious undersupply of workers due to rapidly increasing employment numbers, we must make sure our workers have PCs that can produce twice as much output of economic reports in 1/2 the time. All this paper will of course cause a huge demand for the number of trees and chainsaws. Hmmm we may have a timber shortage here. Invest in chainsaws as well. As for gold.... Who needs it. I say the government should give it away. A drop in price of gold to zero would allow more of it to be used in watches, bumper fenders, and handles. Why have gold colored toilet flusher handles when you can have the real thing? Everyone that wanted a gold watch could now afford one. I say invest in watch makers and toilets before the crowd sees it. Perhaps we should put a tax on savings. All savings accounts will earn -2% interest. That will force people to buy something. Better yet, profits are weak. Too much competition. How about a law that would require prices on everyting to rise at a fixed rate of 1% a month. Better buy today cause one month from now, cost will guaranteed to be higher next month. No point in saving under this scenario, except in obviously undervalued stocks that will have guaranteed increasing earnings. Back to AMAT, with the upcoming boom in CAPEX that is destined to happen, AMAT should be worth about $1000/share. Now is your opportunity to get in while the getting is good. M