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To: Sergio H who wrote (17663)	11/10/1998 9:54:00 PM
From: James Strauss	Respond to of 42787

Sergio: Good market analysis... I agree that the small caps are the next area for the best returns... Jim

To: Sergio H who wrote (17663)	11/10/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: B.REVERE	Respond to of 42787

Sergio, the market had the 3 mo. t-bill at 5% for two years going by your chart yet the fed stuck to a 5.5 % rate until the LTCM bailout. The market can predict the fed's move all it wants, the fed will tell them when it's time.If the fed drops again, it sees a deflationary environment on it's way and is trying to head it off before it causes a recession next year. If you think that's wrong, check out what's happened to the oil stocks the past few days. Oil is the world's barometer of inflation/deflation. Russia's been dumping oil on the markets for food the last few months. The global consumption rate is dropping rapidly and so is the price of oil. It's not that people don't need this commodity, it's just that people don't have the money to buy it, and there is an over supply in the market that won't go away anytime soon. Markets go one way in recessions, down. Later, BR