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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (9683)	11/28/1997 12:56:00 PM
From: Bonnie Bear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

Jack: at some point in the future the rest of the world will catch up, if of course they do not convert to communism/fascism/etc. So at some point in the future, stocks of multinational companies may appeal as an investment to a young multinational buyer pool. It is a sad day to think of the US exporting yuppie consumer attitudes to the rest of world, but that is the only thing that will increase market share.

To: Jack Clarke who wrote (9683)	11/28/1997 1:08:00 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 18056

Hi Jack; Well said. I am going to post the quote from your bio, it gave me quite a chuckle: Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to make money in the market (so far). (Apologies to Santayana). My minor modification: Those who can remember the past are doomed to supply those who sell puts with free income, (at least up until the last couple months.) Except, of course, Victor Niederhoffer, who sold puts on the wrong day. (A monday.) I've got his book, Education of a Speculator, and it makes a good read. It has a slight reek of hubris, I'd love to see the difference if he'd written it after he followed his own prediction: All gamblers die broke. Question: How far behind Japan's population bust are we? Of course things are different there from here, but humans will be human, and our lifetimes are comparable. -- Carl