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To: Jerry Olson who wrote (39073)	4/11/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: SE	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

Very interesting.... exchange2000.com -Scott

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (39073)	4/11/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: jjs_ynot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

Where would one find a split calender of issues that are splitting? Thanks in advance. Dave S

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (39073)	4/11/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: steve susko	Respond to of 58727

Do you trade stocks/options after the split announcements?

To: Jerry Olson who wrote (39073)	4/11/1998 5:54:00 PM
From: j g cordes	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 58727

Hi Jerry, incredible day... why even worry about markets with the sun shining. The sentiment as I see it is that after the 15th the market "should" lighten up. They also instituted new trading curbs. Any new line in the sand is usually tested.. when? who knows. Remember in '87 what triggered the big one, it was screwing around with the dollar. Yen/Dollar valuations are in play right now to help the yen from falling further... it could also undermine our market just enough to create a small but worrisome futures action in the currency pits that sets up others. These shifts are larger than individual stock earnings, sort of like plates in the earth shifting compared to local weather. Regarding INTC, if I remember correctly, they're pretty good at playing the analysts themselves. I know that after the 15th when the new chips come out, the box makers will introduce them at discounted prices right from the get go... which is to say there is a manufacturing overcapacity to demand. However, the consumer seems ready and able to take on new computers with integrated 56k modems 17 inch monitors and 9 gig drives... with DVD and other hot stuff becomming the norm not the exception. This upgrade cycle crumbled early due to Asia. The dow average is a quagmire (sp?). I was conjecturing one day that the dow average can't go down even if the SP fell 200 points... just kidding for any knuckle heads reading this... my point is that they keep splitting and and buying back and the average isn't calculated like the others... it has a huge upside bias. So lets look at the SP instead or the OEX. The dow average is just a good looking cheerleader that keeps jumping even when the team loses. S&P upside resistance 1114-16, confusion... downside potential to 1086 OR we run up on short squeeze and nail 1140 or so then come back and test 1114 again and fail for some dicey trading into late April. The short term is too hard to judge from here, I prefer to let the market lead despite my instincts to do the opposite. I will be taking short positions as we run higher.. seems like the odds are in favor at these heights. At 1090 ish I'll be tightening my seatbelt. We're talking averages here, not stocks... Going to take my nephew (3 years old), who wears his fire hat and boots to bed, over to a real firehouse. Talk about big eyes and anticipation... wow!! Later. Jim