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To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (8354)	10/19/1998 2:36:00 AM
From: gambler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

Marty, No I didn't buy any S&P puts. I only buy puts on individual stocks, like I said WFC. I got out in time with a small loss for Thursday which doesn't come close to cutting into the profits I made the week before on WFC puts, so Thursday's rate cut didn't do much damage. I agree most people are in mutual funds and 401ks, but an interesting fact to add to that is there were billions of dollars of mutual fund outflows last week as investors are receiving their quarterly statements for the quarter ended 9/30/98. I know some people who got them on Friday. --------------------------------------------------------------- Mutual Funds ------------ Week ending 10/13/98 last year: +$0.1 billion Equity Inflows (AMG): -$2.7 billion; prev week: -$2.1 billion moving four week avg: -$1.6 billion for Aug: -$11.2 billion for Jul: +$19.3 billion for Jun: +$19.2 billion for May: +$19.3 billion for Apr: +$26.5 billion for Mar: +$22.9 billion for Feb: +$24.2 billion (ICI) 1998 for Jan: +$14.6 billion 1997 for Dec: +$15.5 billion for Nov: +$18.2 billion for Oct: +$18.5 billion for Sep: +$25.8 billion for Aug: +$14.0 billion for Jul: +$26.6 billion for Jun: +$16.6 billion for May: +$20.1 billion for Apr: +$15.7 billion for Mar: +$10.5 billion for Feb: +$18.5 billion for Jan: +$29.1 billion 1996 for Dec: +$12.2 billion for Nov: +$17.1 billion for Oct: +$13.0 billion for Sep: +$17.4 billion for Aug: +$17.9 billion for Jul: +6.2 billion for Jun: +$14.5 billion Mutual Fund Cash: 5.6% (August); highest since November 1997 Link to this: fiendbear.com --------------------------------------------------------------- None of this has anything to do with TSIG as I have said before I am just backing up my statements earlier about the market in general. Like I said before, I would never sell my TSIG as a result of these uncertain times because it is UNDERVALUED!!! It has much more upside than downside!!! I just don't want to see anyone on this thread be forced to sell their TSIG (at a time when it is maybe their only stock going up) in order to cover their margin calls on other stocks. I think that would be very tragic. Like we both agree Marty, any severe market fall (say 500-1000 points) in one or two days would hurt all stocks. That was the only point I was trying to make in that one post. I see TSIG SOARING from its current prices!!! None of this market discussion has anything to do with TSIG. It is regarding your (not you Marty, everyone's) other holdings which may be overvalued. I agree 100% that it will bounce big after a huge fall and I will liquidate all puts and will be buying calls and stocks across the board and will turn EXTREMELY BULLISH on a dime once prices come down to reasonable levels. We again are in complete agreement with the "blood in the streets" theory. I guess I should have never began this whole discussion and I am kind of sorry that I did because I believe many people will take this as me being down on TSIG. That would be ridiculous. I am not an idiot, I own shares and don't want to lose money so I would never speak against TSIG while holding shares, nor would I have any reason to speak against it if I sold (like some people on this thread like to do). Good luck and take care all... Gambler

To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (8354)	10/19/1998 4:25:00 AM
From: gambler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

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To: Martin E. Frankel who wrote (8354)	10/19/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Jazzbo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44908

Martin and others, I had the opportunity to speak at length with Amy Grashel, the head of TSIG/CCI Customer Service, this afternoon. If loquacity and pleasantness are job requirements for her position, she's over-qualified. I wrote post #8338 yesterday evening, regarding my less-than-satisfying CD purchase experience yesterday. She had read my post prior to my calling, and expected my call. She resolved all my technical gripes, to wit: the Card unit to number of CDs purchased discrepancy (the Card did not apply to a 2-CD set of which I bought 2 copies), and; I just plain missed the section where I could chose the manner of shipping, and was automatically defaulted to the US Postal Service. These two questions took Amy about two minutes to answer. The more important personnel problem was also addressed. The evening supervisor call-service person I spoke with Sunday evening was neither knowledgeable nor helpful. Amy promised to speak with him one-on-one, and to hold a general staff meeting, the point (at least partially) was to raise the knowledge level as to what CCI was all about, general stuff that every operator (particularly a supervisor) should be able to answer. I've no doubt Amy will get her message across. Amy said to call anytime; she expects and wants people to call (not only because she enjoys talking), because she and others in the company are committed to making TSIG/CCI a viable and responsive company, responsive to shareholders and consumers alike. (That doesn't mean the company will manufacture news for our sakes, of course.) She couldn't answer all my questions - the one's we all want answered - but as we chatted, she told me these few items: Catherine Krell (VP of Marketing) was at TSIG all last week, the marketing plans are gearing up, with ads planned for Village Voice, Rolling Stone and Stereo Review, and a prevalent (practically to the point of saturation) internet campaign. Paraphrasing, "you're not going to be able to miss us." This national advertising is slated for mid to late November, at which time the site will be functional (i.e., more so than now). Yes, the company is aware of the imminent buying frenzy season. Speaking of the site, a webmaster named Greg Brown was recently hired; I'm assuming within the last 2-4 weeks. His talents are alleged to be excellent, and he fits in and works well with TSIG powers that be. Amy recalled "Good Noise" and something for the state of N. Carolina as part of his resume. I was finally able to break off the telephone call with Amy alleging a heart condition (actually I have no heart, just ask you know who). She indicated I should call others regarding PP, teleservices contracts, etc. I have a call in to James Guild, and was assured by his voice mail of a return call. I assume he's a busy man. After I speak with Mr. Guild, I'll recap here, hopefully in shorter fashion. I'm a lot less disappointed. I don't make recommendations regarding stocks, but I intend to add to my already considerable (for me) holdings within the next two weeks. Pardon my brevity. And Amy is thinking, "and he says I like to talk..." Regards, TS