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Strategies & Market Trends : Bob Brinker: Market Savant & Radio Host -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: wooden ships who wrote (3058)	1/24/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 42834

Bob Brinker today proffered three prospective scenarios relating to the present scandals swirling about our "leader" and their possible effect upon the stock market. To wit, 1) Impeachment by the House and trial by Senate for felony perjury by Mr. Clinton. 2) Resignation by Mr. Clinton in favor of of Mr. Gore. 3) Allowance for Mr. Clinton to remain in office as a discredited and disgraced lame duck. Brinker avows that scenario #1 would be the most excruciating to the financial markets because it would entail a protracted term of uncertainty and crisis. He suggests that a retest of the 7400 dollar buying opportunity range would likely prevail under that circumstance. Brinker posits that the fallout with respect to scenario #2 upon the markets would be a "one day event." Brinker avers that Mr. Gore would add stability at this juncture and is preferable to the current incumbent. If scenario #3 ensues, that is, Mr. Clinton is allowed to "twist in the wind" as a discredited and ineffectual lame duck, Mr. Brinker supposes that the markets would respond favorably given the political advantage accruing to the Republicans in Anno Domini 2000 if Mr. Gore is not an incumbent president at that time. Further, Brinker speculates that it is possible that a politically and legally wounded Clinton might resort to a military strike against Iraq as a diversionary tactic (as postulated prior by our I2). He also dismissed out of hand the charge that Clinton's adversarial political party is at the heart of this legal assault upon the president. That accusation, according to Brinker, falls of its own weight given that the opposition party seemingly has more to gain if Mr. Clinton serves out his last term. In spite of this, Brinker remains unwaveringly bullish and steadfastly recommends all out purchase of the market at any point below 7500 dollars on the DJIA.