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To: Wigglesworth who wrote (1703)	11/19/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: Wigglesworth	Respond to of 4023

Bill Griffeth of CNBC to be chairman of Hi-Math dept at MIT! while I nearly flunked algebra in college!!! Commenting on Amazon's 3 for 1 split announced today, Bill noted that earlier this year, the company already had a 2 for 1 split, effectively resulting in a 5 for 1 split this year!!! 3 + 2 is still 5, as Bill, the quant, figured.

To: Wigglesworth who wrote (1703)	11/24/1998 1:10:00 AM
From: Wigglesworth	Respond to of 4023

Weatherman turns Technical Analyst WSJ 11/23: Prudential's Acampora now will forecast year's end DJIA thrice a day: One of the day's odder debates involved Ralph Acampora, a prominent stock-market analyst from Prudential Securities. Mr. Acampora, whose bearish comments had helped drive down the market in August, now has turned sharply bullish, recently forecasting that the industrials would hit 10000. News reports during the day Monday quoted him as having told Prudential salesmen that he saw stocks climbing as high as 12000.