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To: lurqer who wrote (58687)	7/15/2003 12:50:09 PM
From: Murrey Walker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

******** To All ********* The following is an interesting and seemingly factual post. IMO it's a good read for those who continue to post a one-sided bias against what we're doing in Iraq. Rebuttal would be difficult for a few of the thread bloaters out there. Message 19110382

To: lurqer who wrote (58687)	7/15/2003 2:27:26 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Greenspan presented the committee with the Fed's latest economic forecasting, predicting that the economy would grow this year in a range of 2.5 percent to 2.75 percent. That represented a significant cut from the Fed's February forecast, when it had predicted growth this year would be a faster rate of between 3.25 percent to 3.5 percent. The economy, weighed down early in the year by falling consumer and business confidence reflecting worries about the Iraq war, has shown disappointing growth so far in 2003. The sluggish growth pushed the unemployment rate to a nine-year high of 6.4 percent in June. Posted by: MKT_entropy investorshub.com

To: lurqer who wrote (58687)	7/15/2003 3:25:34 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Thanx Luger; The jerk turned me off when he said "Quality"...instead of Liquidity.. --- My looking at them has nothing to do with "quality" or lack of it, I'm a Strategist, and not a FA person..the Strategist looks at how the dynamics in the market work.. Those dynamics expose an overall trend, ( at times ) that can be exploited..right now the signals are a bit mixed.. Mixed signals are not unusual, but not a time to get real bullish or bearish. ( it's scalping time for now ) with short term signals and fast trades. It's as a Strategist, the #1 thingy is risk Control, Like I see ( from time to time ) how to leverage dividends and reduce risk at the same time. IE my play on RJR has nothing to do with her quality I just found a way to do 0 risk on her down to a price below $10..while at the same time leverage the dividend on her 10.4% yield to a whopping 40.9% yield.. but making money off any appreciation in value is not in taht bag, the 40.9% per yr is not dependent on the stock going up. In other words it's a 72% reduction in risk, to the holding of the stock, against a max gain of 40.9% PER YEAR.. There are ways that gain won't work out, but I can unwind the whole thing fairly safely if that happens. Them FA boys just don't have a rat trap type brain , but for some reason I do.. Jim

To: lurqer who wrote (58687)	7/15/2003 3:26:42 PM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

15:01 ET Siebel Systems to cut workforce - ThinkEquity (SEBL) 10.03 -0.22: ThinkEquity says they have learned that SEBL is planning to cut about 21% of its workforce as part of its reorganization effort announced on its July 3 conference call; firm believes this is positive, as the co is taking a big bullet now by re-tuning its bloated operating cost structure to support a more likely revenue run rate that will result in a fiscally-sound operating margin; in addition, firm emphasizes that the overall activity around SEBL deployments is very healthy.