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To: c.hinton who wrote (1907)	9/16/2008 2:39:22 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3816

If you had four M&Ms and your number of M&Ms increased 25% would you not consider that alot?

To: c.hinton who wrote (1907)	9/16/2008 2:41:05 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3816

If the market had gone up 25% in 6 months it would be nice but hardly remarkable. If it continued that rate for years than it would be remarkable. Getting back to unemployment. We went from low to normal unemployment. Nothing remarkable about that. No VERY great change. It went up by 1.2 percent, that's not "very great". If it continues to go up by 1.2 percent every six months for several years, then I would consider it at least a "great increase". If it continues to grow by 25% per 6 months, which implies a more than 1.2 percent increase (the increase becoming larger with compounding) than maybe you have your "very great increase".