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To: stan_hughes who wrote (58694)	5/5/2002 11:30:35 AM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 100058

stan - apples to ranges. No straight answer hey? I agree with you for the small and micro-caps mechanically beeing late at the party in a bull market as investors buy whichever cheap stoc is left. This mechanic is also behing the equities put/call ratio, as the same investor, out of dry powder, start to buy call options as a surrogate for stocks they cannot afford anylonger. The question I try to find an answer to is: how do those small caps act in a bear market? Here the charts of the SP600 stockcharts.com quite a run since 911, steeper than the R2000 stockcharts.com Are we in a mis-perceived bull market? With small caps topping? Or are the blue chips overpriced such a way that investors buy the small caps instead? Bearons cover story has them gurus bullish second half again. As a contrarian...