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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (124005)	9/16/2002 2:40:35 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 152472

<font color=Velveeta> Snoop Dogg Reinvents Himself (i enjoyed Snoop Dogg's first two big albums--Doggfather and Doggy Style--but thought later albums sucked. unlike Ted Williams, rap stars do not have statistically persistent alphas. so they tend to fade after a few years, much like star investors, or star companies, for that matter.) Calvin Broadus, known as Snoop Dogg, hit his peak in the mid-1990s. With his star fading, the aging rapper is reinventing himself with projects ranging from making porno movies to appearing with the Muppets. online.wsj.com despite my more than passing interest in Snoop Dogg, i must admit this was a pretty incredibly lame article for a WSJ front page.

To: Jon Koplik who wrote (124005)	9/16/2002 2:59:24 AM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

how about $200BILLION to kill Saddam Hussein? that would probably be the most expensive hit job in history. A war with Iraq could cost the U.S. as much as $200 billion, Bush's top economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, estimates. The estimate is significantly higher than a preliminary, private Pentagon figure of about $50 billion to wage war against Iraq. online.wsj.com In an interview in his White House office, Mr. Lindsey dismissed the economic consequences of such spending, saying it wouldn't have an appreciable effect on interest rates or add much to the federal debt, which is already about $3.6 trillion. "One year" of additional spending? he said. "That's nothing." well, 1-2% may not be a big deal compared to our whole economy, but when one considers the US requires 75% of the world's capital to balance its current account, the geopolotical fallout may make it harder for us to rely on the kindness of strangers. i predict an unpopular war abroad and a boycott of US paper by foreign investors. if that happens, US bonds and the US real estate market are toast! that will really screw our economy big time, imo. having pared back my equity positions, i am now considering paring back my heavy bond allocation.