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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mama Bear who wrote (16882)	1/12/1999 8:26:00 AM
From: Joey Two-Cents	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

LTCM with their $ 130B in derrivatives added to the problems and illustrate the derrivative fiasco that may occur if they don't unwind in an orderly manner. There are $ 100 trillion in derrivatives and the top 8 US banks hold $ 30 trillion. I don't understand how the 25% drop in the $ to Yen didn't cause more problems. I don't know why the 60 bp yield increase on the long bond hasn't had more of an effect on the markets. I don't know how the S&P and NASDAQ can double in 3 years while earnings are flat. I don't know how AMZN can be worth $ 31B. I don't know a lot and this is the main reason why I can't make money.