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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (47430)	2/5/2002 4:09:20 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 65232

US bank problems resembling Japan's (story hidden) marketwatch.com JPMorgan is their poster child watch JPM (now 30) fall steadily and relentlessly this distress is showing up in price of gold Japan and Asia are pushing up gold to protect capital this gold phenomenon has opposite motives as 1980 back then, it was an inflation hedge in 2002, it is a wealth preservation device with US rates so low, the world is now casting a vote in gold, which represents a vote no longer in USTreasurys THIS REPRESENTS A CHANGE IN THE WINDS the stock market is awakening to new realities instability is sweeping the world right under our noses to stabilize a boat in rocky seas, use ballast and big anchors why is financial world any different? GOLD, SILVER, OIL the investment community is smartening up bigtime gold stocks are up and firms who heavily hedge against future prices are not benefiting much at all in share price e.g. American Barrick / jim

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (47430)	2/5/2002 6:32:34 PM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Yes!

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (47430)	2/5/2002 6:46:51 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 65232

Enron, now famous for the largest corporate bankruptcy in American history, was also a big player in the relatively new market for buying and selling bankruptcy protection. salon.com Regards, Scott btw, the weather in Chicago is not bad at all for this time of year...we have only had 1 snow storm so far this winter and a few really cold days...we're back up in the 30s now and I can't complain. Its been almost too warm this winter...On Friday I head out to Colorado for a long weekend of skiing -- a little extra snow and cold weather won't hurt them. I actually really like this thread....' The Porch ' is a great collection of folks that share all kinds of perspectives...Not everyone is serious all the time...but that's OK...=)

To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (47430)	2/5/2002 6:59:48 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

re: nothing intelligent on this thread... is this the BattleBot thread or what? kind of insulting to dealie, who posts afterhours quotes, and market snapshots every day, without fail for two years running. how many posters besides me do you have on ignore? that limits some of yer best info right there, like, "it's time to take yer meds dude." besides... this ain't news central, it's sum buddie's pack porch... jus' ordinary people... learn how to use google.com for your info searches. (no offense, jus' porchin') This Old Porch This old porch is like a big old red and white Hereford bull Standing under a mesquite tree Out in Agua Dulce And he just keeps on playing hide and seek With that hot August sun Just a-sweatin' and a-pantin' Cause his work is never done And this old porch is like a steaming, greasy plate of enchiladas With lots of cheese and onions And a guacamole salad And you can get'em down at the LaSalle Hotel In old downtown With iced tea and a waitress And she will smile every time And this old porch is the Palace walk-in On the main street of Texas That's never seen the day Of G and R and Xs With that '62 poster That's almost faded down And a screen without a picture Since Giant came to town And this old porch is like a weathered, gray-haired Seventy years of Texas Who's doing all he can Not to give in to the city And he always takes the rent late So long as I run his cattle And he picks me up at dinnertime And I listen to him rattle He says the Brazos still runs muddy Just like she's run all along And there ain't never been no cane to grind The cotton's all but gone And you know this brand new Chevrolet Hell it was something back in '60 But now there won't nobody listen to him 'Cause they all think he's crazy And this old porch is just a long time Of waiting and forgetting And remembering the coming back And not crying about the leaving And remembering the falling down And the laughter of the curse of luck From all of those passersby Who said we'd never get back up This old porch is just a long time Of waiting and forgetting And remembering the coming back And not crying about the leaving And remembering the falling down And the laughter of the curse of luck From all of those sons-of-bitches Who said we'd never get back up -Robert Keen and Lyle Lovett