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To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (5062)	11/15/2001 6:41:37 PM
From: isopatch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 33421

Bingo! You hit the nail right on the head, Joan. Price action in these chaotic, wildly swinging, erratic, manic/depressive markets reminds me of a giant Anaconda stuffed with 50 pounds of Exlax!<lol> Glad I cut way back on my trading this year, sat on a load of cash and moved most of it to some nice conservative hi yield medium grade corporate fixed income a month ago to wait out this insanity. Remember that movie War Games? My fav line is the one after the super computer goes through every possible strategy to win a Global Thermonuclear War and suddenly everything stops. Then the computer says, "Sometimes the only way to win is not to play the game". Isopatch

To: Joan Osland Graffius who wrote (5062)	11/16/2001 1:39:48 AM
From: Mark Adams	Respond to of 33421

I don't know how I missed it quotes.ino.com quotes.ino.com I saw PCU had jumped, but didn't connect improving copper prices quote.yahoo.com So- we have basic metals moving higher, interest rates on treasuries moving higher, and energy moving lower. Thesis: lower energy prices will improve economic growth going forward, creating an environment with better alternatives for capital deployment. Bonds reacting to a decrease in risk aversion (also witnessed by the strength in equities) by dropping in price, despite the anti-inflationary impact of lower energy costs near term. Money isn't fleeing from bonds, rather to alternate investments. And I thought it was my long awaited capitulation. <g>