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To: HG who wrote (42215)	1/4/1999 11:55:00 PM
From: Lucretius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

happy, how fast do you think net stocks can fall? Honest question. AOL, YHOO and AMZN for example. Losses and number of days to get them. I'm interested in what you see as a worst-case scenario.

To: HG who wrote (42215)	1/5/1999 12:28:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 132070

>>>>>have you checked my wallet lately ? Who's a greater fool<<<<< Thought you didn't want to discuss your personal situation? I'll show you mine if you show me yours.<g> You first . . . . I found the image I was searching for. The first one, the mediaeval Dance of Death, against the horizon. geocities.com

To: HG who wrote (42215)	1/5/1999 12:41:00 AM
From: Merritt	Respond to of 132070

Happy Girl: The "greater fool" theory is that valuations of a stock are abandoned, and people buy for no other reason than that it's going up (sound familiar?), hoping to sell to the "greater fool." Eventually there are no more people that are able to buy. When that realization sinks in, everyone wants to get out at the same time and the stock price sinks like a stone. I've managed to avoid the cops and shrinks so far<G>, so I don't have any personal knowledge of the Rorschach test...but it seems to me as though it's only been portrayed in black and white...or maybe that was because of the movies I was watching...or maybe it's just a compulsion to be "correct."<G> But you are correct...these are just my perceptions, based on my environment and my experiences. Merritt PS: the Haiku was a guess based on my feeling that some of your statements seemed to emanate from Zen - possibly an Asian background.