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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (33279)10/2/1998 8:49:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Skeets, Didn't you hear the celebration last October when financial crooks could finally start showing 10 year charts without including the 1987 crash? <G> If you pick your starting and stopping dates, you can prove just about any financial fallacy.

One of the problems I've had with bulls on Prodigy and SI has been their fantasy that charting to a manic top is indicative of anything. You may not remember the hype, but, I guarantee, back in late 1987, nobody had charts that ended on Nov 1.

MB



To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (33279)10/3/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: Joseph G.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
skeets, another thing you don't hear often is that that financial guru Raskob's "plan" called "Everybody ought to be Rich" was to "invest" that $15/month on a 30% margin. No kidding. He also was chair of Democratic National Committee at the time ...