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To: chirodoc who wrote (4910)9/29/1998 10:30:00 PM
From: TokyoMex  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 119973
 
Wrong!

Sep 29, 1998
Wrong! Rear Echelon Revelations: The Bailout Fallout
By James J. Cramer
The post-Long Term Capital world looks entirely different from the pre-LT world. For example, if you are a financial institution that escaped being part of the bailout, you may end up getting a much higher multiple, if the Long Term stuff is as toxic as I hear it is.

And if you knew that General Electric (NYSE:GE - news) wasn't doing the same thing as Long Term Capital, you would have to believe that GE could be a winner. Same with the regional national banks. They seem like they might get a higher multiple than their money-center friends, as had been the case pre-1991.

Somebody like Schwab (NYSE:SCH - news) might turn out to be the biggest winner. They don't have the costs of research -- and remember those had gotten out of control -- they don't have that fixed-income overhead and they don't have a whole corporate finance department sitting around looking at their expensive cufflinks.

Strangely, in this world where sectors are the thing, what could happen is that the money comes out of these financials and goes back into safety. For me safety means low-multiple tech, but for most others safety means back to G (Nasdaq:G - news) and P&G (NYSE:PG - news) and CL (Nasdaq:CL - news), darn the fundamentals.

One thing is for certain, the timing could not be worse for the brokers participating in this Titanic-like bailout. They have to come up with some sort of way to handle it this quarter. Take a charge? Take a big charge? Predict what will come of this portfolio? I'm not even sure if the accountants know the answer.

To repeat, this thing is bigger than anything these brokers have ever had to handle. The losses just can't be predicted. But the Titanic analogy works large -- the iceberg that these brokers hit turned out to be a lot deeper than it looked on the surface.

In the meantime, I am starting a "genius" watch, to count how many times the press lauds these guys as "geniuses." Hoo-hah, what a laugh.

James J. Cramer is manager of a hedge fund and co-chairman of TheStreet.com. At time of publication his fund is long General Electric, although positions can change at any time. Under no circumstances does the information in this column represent a recommendation to buy or sell stocks. Cramer's writings provide insights into the dynamics of money management and are not a solicitation for transactions. While he cannot provide investment advice or recommendations, he invites you to comment on his column by sending a letter to TheStreet.com at letters@thestreet.com.

© 1998 TheStreet.com, All Rights Reserved.



To: chirodoc who wrote (4910)9/29/1998 10:40:00 PM
From: TokyoMex  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 119973
 
I don't think people yet realises,, that the new Bundesminister of Germany is a devout Marxist from 60's ,, hiding behind the SPD,, center left,, Bunde is facing deficit for first time in several decades,, due to E.Germany , Russia and dole folks who wants 8 weeks paid holiday,,,, 4 weeks more than working folks,, saying that it is more stressful to be unemployed .

Brazil needs at least 200 billion to stay float.. at the moment they have 11 bill ,,after the flight to quality of some 50 bill in last 2 weeks,, IMF has only 40 bill ,, US has 20 bill for first time in 15 years,,, which republicans wants to give it away as a tax cut to bribe the voters for coming Nov. elections,,

By Oct 15th ,,Brazil needs some 12 bill for just for debt service,,, IMF or no IMF ,, country is in a dire,, Cramer wrote about Tiurkish Telecom ,, going to 30 cents,, due to devaluation,, what could happen to TBR .. indeed G-7 will come to some sort of aid,, but how much and where is not clear... as they are also feeling the pain slow growth and eroding consumer confidence,,

Chief economists from Morgan and Salomon are calling recession going into 1999,, Dr, Yardeni calls DOW 5500 - 6000 in 1999 ,, so did John Murphy ,, on Sept 20th ,,

Truth lies somewhere between 6000 and 8000 ,, and we will swing in between ..

Yes you are absolutely right ,, the qt is officially over in a day ,,
MMs will sell both winners and losers to come up with that 20% growth portfolio ,, and as we go in to ,, December ,,tax write off sell on the dogs,,

I've noticed that Dec 15th ,,you will find stocks most down,, that is the time to buy for January effect.. but I do not know if we will have a January effect next year,,

My only regrets,,

I called Russia down fall ,, in Oct of 97 ,, I called market erosion in June ,, I did not have the real market savvy or guts to short the mothers in July ,, who in the hell would have thought LEH will go to 29 or G to 30 ..

GGGGGGG