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To: Anonymous who wrote (3799)	8/26/1998 12:48:00 AM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

"SPOILS OF A PIG MARKET" lol...... dancing pigs ..."America's childlike faith in a benevolent stock market evolved into something more ominous: a manic, gaudy, excessive buzz in the air, like a party where the guests have begun to talk too loud and dance on the furniture......" A pig in every home....... ".....Maybe there's nothing to it. Maybe the market has indeed been permanently altered by the information era, or whatever, and the wretched excess of the age is no more a sign of a peak in the S&P 500 than a dividend yield under 3% (a classic red flag that has been futilely predicting a crash since 1993). But if we aren't near a market top, then we have entered a truly gilded age. Let the Dow put a Range Rover in every garage! A Rolex on every wrist!....." . One client in Ohio wanted to serve his wife a dessert they'd had at a restaurant in Florida. The firm hired a local chef who got the recipe from the restaurant and went to the couple's home to make the dish. Says Raszka: "Our economy has created so much wealth that people can ask for service on a silver platter. If you've got $100 million and want to play, we'll help you."