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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (94995)	12/28/2001 5:49:28 PM
From: chowder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Slider, you're starting to give me a complex! What am I? Mince meat? What about my pick??? What about USPIX? I did mention it several times, it's not like people didn't have an opportunity to participate in the 310% advance it showed at one point. THAT'S RIGHT! 310%!!! stockcharts.com[h,a]declynay[d20000901,20010410][pf] It's only fair that you put ole bum's pick in there with yours and isostupid's! HUI + 77% (unhedged gold stocks) Dow - 5% S&P - 16% XNG - 17% (Natural Gas) OSX - 25% (Oil Service & Drilling - up from down 50%) NAZ - 35% QQQ - 45% (The fav' of HTP) The Master's pick, the call of the century! (That's why there's a new Sheriff in town!!!) dabum's USPIX - UP 310% Thank you for your consideration. Sheriff bum PS - Box seats? Box seats? Hell, what man ever sat in box seats? The only way I got to sit in box seats was to sneak down there and steal one. Of course the ushers with their little white hankies, that they used to clean the seat for you privilaged (I can't even spell the damn word) SOB's, would always grab us by the ear and haul us off. Real men sat in the bleachers and yelled, "Trow da bum outta here!" They were just kidding off course.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (94995)	12/28/2001 10:39:46 PM
From: Warpfactor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

SOB Sept 11 was a watershed event. It rearranged the deck as far as the equities markets were concerned. A chance for prognosticators to sift through the rubble and make a killing. As a watershed date, you should opt to use it as a benchmark rather than an arbitrary 60-week return. Here are performances since Oct 1 of this year: SOX +48.9% QQQ +40.1% OSX +37.5% NAZ +34.2% DOW +14.1% S&P +11.1% XNG +4.5% CD at local bank ~ 1.0% mattress - 0.0% Oops, forgot one: HUI -12.3% (thats a minus, for those in Palm Beach) So, everyone in the world made some nice coin since Oct 1 except the award-winning gang from SDII. By not permitting exchange of dissenting opinion, they managed to groupthink their way into a near-future world of chaos and armageddon, where gold would soon skyrocket and equities tank another 50%. Face it. You guys on SDII blew it on the easiest money in quite some time, and further managed to lose 12% in the process. The fact that you are still trying to make hay over a call 60-weeks ago is interesting. Warp

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (94995)	1/3/2002 6:21:17 AM
From: Bocor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Any thoughts? Newmont Raises Normandy Bid, Wins Board Backing MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--U.S.-based Newmont Mining Corp. (NEM) Thursday increased by 10 Australian cents a share its takeover bid for Normandy Mining Ltd. (A.NDY), Australia's largest gold miner. Newmont's revised share-and-cash bid values Normandy at A$1.93 a share, or A$4.3 billion, and eclipses a rival share-and-cash bid from South Africa's AngloGold Ltd. (AU) that values Normandy at A$1.81, having been similarly increased by 10 cents just a week ago. Newmont's bid, which is recommended by the Normandy board, appears to be a knock out blow given AngloGold was only able to raise its bid on the basis of expected cost savings from a proposed cooperative agreement with Canadian gold major Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX). AngloGold is unlikely to now raise its offer but it will be hoping that Newmont shares fall later Thursday in response to the higher bid, eroding some of the 12 cent premium Newmont is offering and making its own offer more competitive. AngloGold's offer closes Jan. 11 while Newmont's offer closes Feb. 15. However, Newmont is back in the box seat and if successful will be able to move forward with consummating its three way merger plan with Normandy and Canada's Franco-Nevada Mining Corp. (T.FN), creating the world's largest gold producer. Failure for AngloGold will leave the South African company still seeking to diversify away from its politically risky home base in search of an upward re-rating of its shares. Failure could also leave it vulnerable to takeover itself with Barrick being tipped as an obvious merger partner. "Considering the values of the two bids, as well as other factors such as trading liquidity and the long term potential and value creation associated with Newmont and AngloGold...the revised Newmont bid continues to be superior to the offer by AngloGold and has the full support of Normandy's board," Normandy's executive chairman Robert Champion de Crespigny said in a statement.