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To: RetiredNow who wrote (71011)	9/6/2006 9:48:53 AM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

Cisco's CFO on CNBC in just a few moments...

To: RetiredNow who wrote (71011)	9/6/2006 1:25:18 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

I don't think we will have an Sept/Oct lull in tech because apple is announcing the movie downloads, which is huge, and Vista is finally going to get out the door, plus apple has a new OS. On the macro side, while the market doesn't like wage increases, the fact is, that the working person (white collar) has been HURTING for years and wage increases are just what the doctor ordered for people to feel better about their economic future again. Overall things are still bad with national debt almost 50% higher than in 2000, a collapsed dollar and an unwinnable war. But how much worse can things get?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (71011)	9/6/2006 2:46:10 PM
From: Mick Mørmøny	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

Monthly Market Returns - The January Effect, Etc. Do some months have significantly different market returns than others? This calculator uses fifty-odd years of S&P 500 data to let you see for yourself. Select a month; the calculator will show you its good and bad years and overall return, for the years from 1950 until recently. Calculator moneychimp.com From the results, it looks like some months really are significantly better than average. November through January is a particularly strong stretch; and September is the "danger" month, with an overall negative return. Surprisingly, October shows positive returns on average, although October 1987 is pretty hard to forget. Note that December has been better than January, which contradicts two popular myths: the December Selloff, and the January Effect. But also notice that there are lots of exceptions to the pattern. There have been bad Januaries, and great Septembers. And of course the biggest trend of all is that the market goes up over time. So maybe the lesson here is the usual one, that long-term buy and hold is the winning strategy. moneychimp.com