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To: Dinesh who wrote (74390)	11/6/2007 10:28:47 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77398

Good points. Thx for the perspective, Dinesh.

To: Dinesh who wrote (74390)	11/6/2007 1:13:04 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 77398

OT I wish China would slow down but it will not for many years. Oil demand is exceeding supply for the very first time on a worldwide scale. It looks like we had peak oil in late 2005. Here is a great link on the subject of peak oil and other energy related issues. Lots of discussion with some postings by petroleum engineers and geologists: theoildrum.com Specific discussion on peak oil: theoildrum.com I have lots of other info on the "peak oil problem" and can post if folks are interested.

To: Dinesh who wrote (74390)	11/7/2007 2:35:37 PM
From: Dinesh	Respond to of 77398

OT >Separately, on that $1T market cap... Looks like I have some good company here :) chasingthedragon.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

To: Dinesh who wrote (74390)	11/7/2007 2:43:29 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 77398

Separately, on that $1T market cap. JIMHO, the way "market cap" is calculated is pure, unadulterated bs. It's as if a large portion of the theory of finance could be boiled down to a simple multiplication. For small investors, it's OK is valuing their portfolios. But at instituitional levels, even a sell order of $10B (at market) of PetroChina is probably going to shrink that $1T number in such a hurry. And a buy order may do just the opposite. So, how good is that number? Maybe just as good as that $500B CSCO number was... What you are describing applies to all investments housing, sports teams you name it and virtually all assets of any kind