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To: Joseph G. who wrote (7734)	9/6/1998 5:33:00 PM
From: Math Junkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Refresh my memory: are those quotes from before or after the Great Crash? My guess would be before, since I would expect the bull/bear ratio to have been very high at that time.

To: Joseph G. who wrote (7734)	9/7/1998 12:45:00 PM
From: lizardK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Thanks for your input.. It is always interesting to get extremist views to help balance the equation. Good luck!!

To: Joseph G. who wrote (7734)	9/7/1998 1:31:00 PM
From: Wren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

One of the things that I have wondered about the 1929 bubble is why so many people stayed in the market. I know a lot got out. When our kids were young, for several summers we when to Callaway Gardens near Atlanta for vacation. This family resort was built as a labor of love during the Great Depression. A biographer of the builder indicated he had the money because he got out of the stock market before the crash. Your quotes are enlightening. The major differences today are continual new money inflows from 401Ks and stricter controls on buying on margin. However, there are a lot of similarities, such as the extremely high PEs that we had this summer.