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To: StanX Long who wrote (56871)	12/4/2001 5:15:05 AM
From: StanX Long	Respond to of 70976

Troubling Data Markets Lower on Flat Incomes Report The Associated Press abcnews.go.com N E W Y O R K, Dec. 3 — A mix of economic data left stock investors puzzling over how long the economy will take to recover and prompted many market players to cash in recent profits. Check Your Portfolio \| Stock Quotes The selling was minor compared with how strongly stocks have rallied for two months as Wall Street has grown more confident of an economic turnaround in 2002. However, analysts said the upturn still is vulnerable amid negative or even varied economic news, which pushes the recovery deeper into next year. "Investors are certainly going to be looking at every economic number, because the big question is: When will the economy and earnings recover? That is the whole issue," said Hugh Johnson, chief investment officer at First Albany Corp.