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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1707)	5/6/1998 5:38:00 PM
From: Harmattan	Respond to of 9818

Thanks to all contributors to this thread. It is a useful resource. John, not to be picky but I count 604 days until... not "693 Days To Go -- and Counting." For those that didn't click on the link this number was a quote from the Feb. 6 paper. ghunk

To: John Mansfield who wrote (1707)	5/6/1998 6:36:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

[OPINION] Changing characteristics of Y2K publications In the last couple of weeks I see a change in character of y2k articles in the press/internet. Increasingly, so called 'alarmist' views on y2k (e.g. www.garynorth.com) are voiced by high standing opinion makers in many different market and public sectors; notably including defense and intelligence. The volume of these publications is increasing dramatically (Cory Hamasaki: predicted y2k would turn up every day on news papers - this prediction kicked in this week; 5 days in a row y2k was on the front page of the Washington Post. Summer last year I thought that awareness would be increased tremendously in just a few months; including impact on stock markets. This turned out to take much longer. However, things are speeding up rapidly at the moment. Y2K triggered market corrections are only 2-4 months away from now IMO. For my current investments (mainly in y2k stocks); the big question is whether the first of these corrections will boost y2k stocks; or that it will tear them down with all other stocks. I am currently thinking it will be the first; not the latter. John