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To: AugustWest who wrote (14)	1/3/2002 12:59:19 PM
From: 10K a day	Respond to of 26

The market will continue to move according to who stands to benefit the most. Feed your head. Your 21 and your momma still makes' your bed. Billy Joel...

To: AugustWest who wrote (14)	1/2/2003 8:23:26 PM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 26

The year in review, how I fared. NASD High:2630 Low:1125 EOY:1550 2075 1113 1336 NDX High:1942 Low:780 EOY:930 1690, 806, 984 Dow High:11100 Low:7800 EOY 8100 10673, 7300, 8340 S&P High: 1325 Low: 875 EOY: 925 1172,777, 880 SOX High:670 Low:310 EOY: 480 637 213 289 Au High:410 Low:266 EOY: 360 350 278 346 Ag: High 7.60 Low:4.20 EOY: 6.80 5.12 4.25 4.77 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ -European econo will fall into despair and the euro transition will cause EA countries to begin finger pointing. This will trigger a very long and heated debate as some countries will petition to go back to their original currencies. not yet -If I'm right about europe, it will spill over into the USA putting us into the worse economic conditions we have seen in since '29. not yet -Fed funds will drop to .125% missed by 100bps -cunsumer debt will increase as many will not be able to make their minimum monthly payments. yep -mortgage default will be the second worst this country has ever seen not yet, maybe in 03 or 04 -housing prices will fall by more than 20% not yet -"Women Investment Clubs" will not be heard from for another decade nope, they're still around -The Last mile will lose another two miles yep -Unemployment will rise to 9% about 6% -Big three auto makers will need gov. assistance as consumers default on 0% financing loans and further sales diminish. nope, and still offering 0% financing -Rolling black outs will become common place as the hottest summer on record in the US puts a strangle hold on things. it was hot and there still is a drought in the midwest But no black outs -Drought will cause the price of livestock to increase must not have been since it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the news -Wheat, soy and other grains will slowly begin to replace grazing land Maybe by the end of this decade -firearms sales will rise substantially in the US nope, I read somewhere fire arms sales were actually down in '02 -record numbers of hunting licenses will be issued. no evidence or facts on this -This will not be my stupidest post of 2002<GGG> TRUE EDIT: Suzi Orman and James Cramer will be gone from CNBC Nope they're still both there