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To: prosperous who wrote (22082)	8/4/2002 5:46:53 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 74559

Hemant, Thanks for your interesting commentary. Re: My suspicion is that we still are at least 1.5-2 years away from the point where one would feel comfortable about investing in the market, You'll be early..... Re: Volatility - The current volatlity in U.S. equity markets has little to do with the individual investor. The hedge funds, broker/dealers and the PPT are in control of the "action" in the equity markets now. There is no hope that volatility will subside until the game is re-organized by some external force. And the most likely one, Congress, is both owned by the perps of the "volatility" schemes, as well as being "on vacation". -Ray

To: prosperous who wrote (22082)	8/5/2002 2:00:37 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Hi Hemant, I could not find anything to disagree with you (not that I was looking to disagree with you), and so figured I will add one bit of fortune telling: <<... history may be a good teacher if people are willing to look ... suspicion is that we still are at least 1.5-2 years away from the point where one would feel comfortable about investing in the market ... What do you think?>> I would agree if and only if the housing bubble goes kaboom tomorrow, or a few days later, otherwise the stock market may only recover 2-3 years after the collapse of the more consequential housing market. Chugs, Jay