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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: the Druid who wrote (14155)	2/18/1998 11:12:00 AM
From: Chip McVickar	Respond to of 94695

Druid, It's the dollar and the faith placed in Greenspan and the Fed. I think it is warrented...Greenspan has done a superb job stablizing the markets and monetary systems in place today....time after time. He is masterful....but the system is built on shifting sand and that of itself will at-some-point be to much for even a Greenspan to counter. We shall see. It may take some more time. Mean while, I am looking for some conservative far out index puts that I can roll forward inexpensively. Chip

To: the Druid who wrote (14155)	2/18/1998 5:44:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 94695

Heard something on NPR last night about oil prices. Supposedly Iraq is part of the reason for the decline -- recent agreements for them to be allowed sales for humanitarian reasons. Also, unseasonably warm weather. Market appears to be discounting the possibility of either a conflict or a protracted one.

To: the Druid who wrote (14155)	2/19/1998 1:21:00 AM
From: bobby beara	Respond to of 94695

Hola Druid, >>>The impending bombing of IRAQ is just simply ignored. Gold and Oil prices are going down. Very strange.<<< The depths of the mania have fooled everyone, the elect most of all. The world ignores Clinton fist pounding on Iraq, Yelsin's WWIII comment, and the Sage of Omaha's deep foray into precious metals. Sure when the cruise missles start flying, traders are going to hold onto 20-60% two month profits in DIS, MSFT, AOL, etc. FOR THE LONG TERM - not! BEEEEEEEEP (actually Gold has gone side ways in the last few weeks after rising from it's $278 bottom and oil bounced sharply off a 5th wave collapse today - I believe both are basing for a sharp run-up) Are people so gullible that they'll ignore Warren B. (the guy is taking physical delivery of warehouses of the silver stuff - HEELLLOOO - anybody listening) and settle for only S&P units and fiat money, when this guy has at his disposal the means to cause serious mayhem? I guess so, as evidenced by Bill's complacency VIX reading. I just pray our troops in the Middle East don't show a tiny droplet of complacency. bb