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To: Thomas M. Carroll who wrote (6063)	7/17/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: Investor2	Respond to of 42834

I believe the phrase "inflection point," when used to describe stock market action, means a point where the market changes direction. Since the predominant direction of the market is currently up, I understand "inflection point," to mean the point where the market begins to drop. Best wishes, I2

To: Thomas M. Carroll who wrote (6063)	7/17/1998 5:28:00 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

From Calculus and Analytic Geometry by George B. Thomas, Jr: Points of inflection. A point where the curve changes the direction of its concavity from downward to upward or vice versa is called a point of inflection. By that definition, an inflection point can occur well before the peak.

To: Thomas M. Carroll who wrote (6063)	7/17/1998 5:30:00 PM
From: MrGreenJeans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

The Strategic Inflection Point "In physical terms, it's where a curve changes from convex to concave, or vice versa. It's the point at which a curve stops curving one way and starts curving the other way. So it is with strategic business matters, too. An inflection point occurs where the old strategic picture dissolves and gives way to the new, allowing the business to ascend to new heights. However, if you don't navigate your way through an inflection point, you go through a peak and after the peak the business declines. It is around such inflection points that managers puzzle and observe, "Things are different. Something has changed." -From Only the Paranoid Survive Andrew S. Grove

To: Thomas M. Carroll who wrote (6063)	7/17/1998 6:00:00 PM
From: wooden ships	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Dean Carroll- In re: "inflection point".... It would seem, from what I can glean, that the Wall Street usage of this term con- notes nothing more or less than its ordinary denotative sense. That is to say, with reference to the ancient tomes, we have the Latin inflectere meaning to bend; to curve; to change. As you know, our own English word flexible is derived from the root of inflecto,-ere. More specifically, Noah Webster defines inflection point (with first usage noted circa A.D. 1721) as "a point on a curve that separates an arc concave upward from one concave downward and vice versa. Postscriptum: Having posted this, I find that this subject has already undergone exhaustive review. Therefore, please pardon the redundancy.