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To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/2/1997 2:54:00 PM
From: Simon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

<<< still here, not much to say>>> Little devil has been lurking in the bushes, and I thought she was at Home Depot counting register clerks saying "No Waiting on register 3,5,7,10,& 15. Actually it is a great place. Cute little devil spent 1/2 hr. explaining carpets to me last Sunday!!!!!

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/2/1997 3:13:00 PM
From: Simon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18056

** The insanity continues ** This thing could bust tomorrow. The Dow is up 12 or so (KO ?). OEX & SPX down slightly. It does not look good. Something holding them just even. Looking at these charts, Been there, seen it before. Could drop 180 (+/-) tomorrow. Shorted adpt yesterday. Got to go looking at charts to find more shorts. Have a good one folks. U 2 (TLC), if they let you out of the rubber room???

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/2/1997 9:51:00 PM
From: tekgk	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 18056

Bonnie, FYI -g- It's a good thing that the federal deficit problem is solved and that there is now a surplus otherwise we would have to raise the debt ceiling once again. OOPS, only 10 billion to go. OOPS, surplus where did it go. Strange how the debt just seems to crank upward at a couple 100 billion a year. Gee and this does not even include the Social security money that is being spent on current consumption. I got it - up is down and down is up - it's a new era -g- publicdebt.treas.gov

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/2/1997 10:41:00 PM
From: geewiz	Respond to of 18056

Bonnie, Speculation on Japanese Banks; Message 2853660 Appreciated your comments on our Banks' balance sheets made a week or two ago! good luck, art

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/4/1997 9:44:00 AM
From: geewiz	Respond to of 18056

Here's recent european view of the Japanese bubble; economist.com good luck, art

To: Bonnie Bear who wrote (9969)	12/5/1997 9:57:00 AM
From: porcupine --''''>	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

Bonnie: Value Line calculates the spread between their estimate of forward 12-month eps and bond yields at just over 1.0%. This is way above the 1/2 percent figure at the Market 15-year low of 8/12/82 -- but, it is way below the nearly 4% figure at the August '87 peak that lead to the Crash that October. Perhaps more significant is that, unlike in the months leading up to the '87 debacle, the current trend has actually been downward (it is near the bottom of its 52-week range). This is due both to the halt since August in the Market's advance, and the trending down of interest rates. So, it continues to appear that the Market is mildly not wildly overvalued. If this is so, then it suggests that writing covered calls would: 1. capture the realistically foreseeable upside potential; and 2. limit the significant, but not greatly so, downside risk. --''''>