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To: Investor2 who wrote (6840)	8/13/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Ease up; I listened to Bowtie and I don't intend to retire a dog if I make it that far. There's more red ink in Asia tonight and seeing that the Dow and Nas finished at their lows today I'd be a bit worried. There is some good news out there, but I see the potential for the scale to be tipped in that regard. Truman has the big Microsoft guys bailing buckets of their shares into the investor pool. I wonder why? --Alan

To: Investor2 who wrote (6840)	8/14/1998 1:23:00 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

I2: RE: <1999 Earnings Estimates> From the August 12, 1998 S&P Outlook, following are calculated percentage increases in 1999 estimates over the current estimates for year 1998, by index: S&P Index for: -500 Composite (+16.8%) -Industrials (+19.7%) -Transportation (+23.3%) -Utilities (+12.9%) -Financial (+14.1%) -MidCap 400 (+20.0%) -SmallCap 600 (+21.5%) -SuperComposite 1500 (+22.8%) Dow Jones Industrials (+23.6%) Looks like the analysts are a little (to say the least) optimistic for 1999. What do you think ? P