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To: ild who wrote (31286)	4/27/2005 5:55:23 PM
From: CapitalistHogg™	Respond to of 110194

It will be interesting to see how it will trade tomorrow. Agreed. Looks like it is up .79 AH. I'm thinking naked calls might be appropriate. In my restless boredom today I decided to drive around my home town of Minneapolis. Mouth agape I could not believe how many homes were for sale or for rent. For sh@ts and giggles I decided to tour a "seedy" area of town and the amount of new construction was staggering! If we are not close to a top in the housing market by now... well bubbles always seem to go on longer than anyone thinks. Who knows.

To: ild who wrote (31286)	4/28/2005 12:59:08 AM
From: ild	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

US Investor Optimism Lowest Since May '03 Monday April 25, 3:00 pm ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sell-off in the U.S. stock market and the fear of inflation pushed investor optimism to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to a survey from brokerage firm UBS and the Gallup Organization. Investor optimism fell to 52, its lowest reading since May 2003, when it hit 42. Last month, investor optimism was 74, according to the survey of 802 investors conducted between April 1 and April 17. During the period that the poll was conducted, the Standard & Poor's 500 (CBOE:^SPX - News) index fell 2.5 percent. Still, investors remain more optimistic than pessimistic about the performance of the stock market, with 41 percent optimistic and 33 percent pessimistic, the poll found. That compares with last month, when 47 percent were optimistic about the stock market and just 27 percent pessimistic. The percentage of investors who say that now is a good time to invest in the markets continues its slow decline. Fifty-seven percent express that view, down from 60 percent last month and 64 percent in December, the survey found.