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To: Gottfried who wrote (25307)	10/15/1998 12:39:00 AM
From: zsteve	Respond to of 70976

some interesting #s: Vital and Fatal Signs 1982 1998 Dividend yield 6.3% 1.6% Price/book 1.1 5.0 Price/earnings 7 25 Value of NYSE/GDP 0.3 1.2 Dow Jones Industrial Average/new homes 0.012 0.060 DJIA/wages 105 700 DJIA/gold 2 25 DJIA/commodities 3 34 No. of equity mutual funds 320 2,500 No. of investment clubs 4,000 32,000 Consumer debt as % of financial assets 21% 21% Consumer debt as % of disposable personal income 65% 93%