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To: mattie who wrote (19842)	2/11/1999 4:51:00 PM
From: Clint E.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69125

>>>>OK Clint,.....What next? Let me get back to you tonight. For now, enjoy this list and this site: nasdaq.com Indices [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- DJII 9363.000 186.000u 9177.000 9177.000 9363.000 9143.000 N/A 10643 N/A 4:03 N/A N/A NDX 2044.700 100.500u 1944.200 1946.400 2045.100 1946.400 1741 1663 1 4:45 2150.800 1063.300 COMP 2405.600 96.100u 2309.500 2340.600 2405.800 2326.400 427 397 1 4:30 2533.400 1357.100 SPZ 1254.000 30.400u 1223.600 1223.600 1254.100 1223.500 1657 965 1 4:30 1283.600 923.300 BKX 791.500 26.200u 765.300 766.400 793.100 763.300 1629 1531 1 4:25 953.200 545.700 SOX 401.860 24.630u 377.230 377.230 401.860 377.230 1736 1640 1 4:25 428.120 182.590 OEX 628.270 15.840u 612.430 612.430 628.270 612.130 1660 963 1 4:30 642.570 451.580 VIX 28.170 -3.270d 31.440 31.530 31.790 27.960 375 199 4 4:03 60.630 16.730 DOW [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- WMT 85.375 4.438u 80.938 81.000 85.938 80.625 25810 2613 2 4:09 87.313 42.375 MRK 150.500 4.250u 146.250 146.063 151.500 145.813 22855 2106 1 4:05 161.750 111.500 AXP 101.000 4.250u 96.750 96.750 101.875 96.750 15185 1323 15 4:03 118.625 67.000 XRX 122.313 3.813u 118.500 119.500 122.625 119.000 23938 1374 5 4:25 126.000 78.000 HWP 75.000 2.625u 72.375 72.938 75.688 71.375 39144 2028 567 4:01 83.875 47.063 T 88.250 2.438u 85.813 86.188 88.500 83.625 N/A 5202 1 4:24 96.125 48.375 JPM 106.188 2.375u 103.813 103.625 107.250 103.250 12852 1161 268 4:00 148.750 72.125 GE 100.125 2.188u 97.938 97.938 100.125 97.313 38995 3945 12 4:27 105.000 69.000 MMM 76.875 1.500u 75.375 75.875 77.500 75.250 8255 776 425 4:00 97.875 65.625 PG 88.250 0.250u 88.000 87.750 89.000 87.563 15473 1477 1 4:04 94.813 65.125 Spartans [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- IBM 178.625 9.750u 168.875 170.250 178.813 168.125 62771 4101 20 4:28 199.250 95.875 EMC 104.688 6.625u 98.063 99.250 105.000 99.250 44430 4467 5 4:24 109.875 32.938 CSCO 104.875 6.313u 98.563 99.938 105.063 99.250 N/A 25394 12 4:01 117.500 40.000 ORCL 59.563 5.875u 53.688 54.438 59.688 54.000 N/A 11810 21 4:01 61.750 18.188 INTC 133.250 4.438u 128.813 129.625 133.563 127.813 N/A 17567 1 4:01 143.688 65.656 WCOM 80.438 4.188u 76.250 78.500 80.750 77.781 N/A 14772 27 4:01 81.250 35.750 LU 101.063 3.813u 97.250 98.063 101.500 96.250 N/A 6801 5 4:25 120.000 45.563 MSFT 162.750 2.125- 160.625 162.750 163.875 160.375 N/A 17238 4 4:01 175.938 76.438 PCMakers_Distrbtor [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- BBY 90.063 9.063u 81.000 81.750 90.250 80.750 28882 1785 3 4:02 96.750 26.719 DELL 101.875 4.875u 97.000 99.188 102.125 97.625 N/A 36623 1 4:01 110.000 26.781 CDWC 73.000 3.813u 69.188 70.000 74.063 69.750 3500 283 7 4:00 123.250 36.000 CPQ 44.813 2.438u 42.375 42.875 45.000 42.313 N/A 8080 5 4:22 51.250 22.938 AAPL 39.625 1.375u 38.250 38.750 39.750 38.563 50297 3094 5 4:01 47.313 18.375 GTW 76.000 1.375u 74.625 75.125 76.250 73.063 17786 1661 5 4:06 80.438 36.125 Networkers [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- SUNW 105.313 7.875u 97.438 99.188 105.375 97.750 N/A 12569 20 4:01 115.750 37.625 COMS 33.813 3.250u 30.563 31.125 34.000 31.125 N/A 14361 25 4:01 51.125 22.938 ASND 74.875 2.500u 72.375 72.875 75.125 71.625 N/A 5973 1 4:01 93.375 31.063 NN 27.125 0.125d 27.000 27.250 28.375 26.938 7913 390 160 4:02 39.875 15.438 Telecom_Datacom [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- NOKA 136.813 8.813u 128.000 129.625 136.875 128.625 20774 1602 163 4:03 155.375 40.031 UNPH 84.375 5.125u 79.250 79.375 84.500 79.250 13815 1321 58 4:00 93.750 31.250 TLAB 81.688 4.750u 76.938 77.750 81.688 77.500 27115 3098 22 4:01 93.125 31.375 ADCT 41.625 4.250u 37.375 37.875 41.813 37.125 17758 1585 44 4:01 44.063 15.750 QWST 59.000 4.000u 55.000 56.000 59.000 55.563 31981 3935 19 4:01 64.438 22.000 NT 60.625 3.438u 57.188 58.000 60.688 57.750 23778 1150 66 4:02 69.250 26.813 GBLX 60.000 3.313u 56.688 57.750 61.500 57.500 6073 811 4 4:00 66.750 16.000 CMVT 75.000 3.000u 72.000 73.188 75.625 72.750 6050 837 52 4:00 85.938 29.375 LVLT 59.688 2.875u 56.813 57.500 59.688 56.500 9598 1332 30 4:01 60.625 19.375 MOT 67.250 1.813u 65.438 66.625 67.750 66.063 29825 1379 10 4:23 73.500 38.375 QCOM 68.125 1.625u 66.500 66.875 69.000 66.750 15517 1674 9 4:01 69.938 37.750 WCII 37.875 1.500u 36.375 36.625 38.250 36.500 12556 927 50 4:00 48.125 10.250 ERICY 26.375 1.313u 25.063 25.125 26.375 24.750 31732 2032 33 4:01 34.000 15.000 CIEN 22.250 1.000u 21.250 21.875 22.563 21.250 33015 4545 25 4:00 92.375 8.125 SemiCapX_EDA [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- AMAT 67.063 6.250u 60.813 62.875 67.125 62.625 N/A 13906 200 4:01 67.688 21.563 KLAC 59.938 4.875u 55.063 56.438 60.063 55.250 36452 3422 12 4:01 59.250 20.750 TER 59.625 4.750u 54.875 54.750 60.000 54.625 24375 664 1 4:08 66.500 15.000 PRIA 44.125 4.563u 39.563 40.250 44.250 40.125 7390 756 75 4:00 44.313 9.563 SNPS 54.250 4.063u 50.188 50.750 54.563 49.500 11382 925 10 4:01 61.250 24.500 NVLS 65.750 2.750u 63.000 64.250 67.125 62.938 14140 2143 47 4:00 75.500 20.875 CDN 30.375 2.250u 28.125 28.250 30.375 28.250 10920 445 235 4:08 39.000 19.125 ASMLF 46.875 2.000u 44.875 45.625 47.500 44.625 15377 874 5 3:58 49.063 12.938 KLIC 30.375 1.500u 28.875 29.000 31.000 28.750 4783 748 20 4:00 33.188 9.375 LRCX 34.313 0.188d 34.125 34.500 35.750 33.000 15700 1423 20 4:00 39.250 8.375 VECO 48.750 -0.125- 48.875 48.750 49.125 48.375 2556 187 25 4:00 64.500 20.375 ETEC 48.500 -1.500d 50.000 50.875 53.125 47.250 6321 724 34 4:00 62.375 14.875 Semis [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- QLGC 136.500 13.375u 123.125 126.500 136.500 124.500 1577 301 20 4:01 163.000 27.875 LLTC 104.500 10.000u 94.500 96.188 104.500 94.125 20042 2251 11 4:01 104.750 39.125 BRCM 123.000 7.500u 115.500 119.375 125.063 117.500 9687 1844 10 4:00 191.250 47.000 TXN 95.063 6.438u 88.625 88.625 95.250 88.625 32750 1593 47 4:01 102.813 45.375 XLNX 82.125 6.250u 75.875 76.250 82.375 75.750 24201 2688 12 4:01 87.625 29.750 PMCS 79.000 5.625u 73.375 74.313 79.375 74.000 3618 619 2 3:58 82.125 22.875 ALTR 58.938 5.438u 53.500 54.563 59.000 54.563 35783 3185 15 4:01 71.875 28.250 MXIM 48.875 4.938u 43.938 45.000 49.750 44.125 29531 2187 19 4:01 56.625 22.313 RMBS 75.375 3.438u 71.938 73.125 76.375 71.000 8293 1122 5 4:00 109.938 35.500 LEVL 34.750 3.250u 31.500 32.375 34.875 32.125 10538 865 1 4:00 44.375 15.000 MU 68.750 2.750u 66.000 66.500 69.125 64.250 50871 2681 3 4:19 80.563 20.063 LSCC 49.813 2.625u 47.188 48.000 50.125 47.875 1775 358 1 4:00 57.000 18.875 VTSS 45.000 1.375u 43.625 44.500 45.375 43.250 32680 2009 8 4:01 52.938 17.125 AMD 17.188 0.563u 16.625 16.688 17.250 16.688 26387 2170 128 4:01 33.000 12.750 MCHP 30.500 0.500u 30.000 30.375 30.813 29.875 6485 402 14 4:00 42.375 17.000 Software [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- KEA 33.750 6.750u 27.000 33.000 33.813 30.250 34455 1706 10 4:05 60.938 24.750 CTXS 83.875 6.625u 77.250 79.500 84.500 78.625 6537 1140 3 4:00 107.500 36.375 NEON 58.000 4.750u 53.250 53.750 58.250 53.750 6769 710 3 4:00 66.875 6.375 VRTS 72.813 3.188u 69.625 71.000 75.000 70.125 14185 1283 5 4:01 86.000 23.750 CPWR 65.125 3.125u 62.000 62.313 65.375 61.750 33345 2503 1 4:01 79.813 35.875 NETA 46.063 2.938u 43.125 43.875 46.063 43.750 33500 2307 14 4:01 67.688 25.500 BMCS 46.750 2.875u 43.875 44.375 46.750 43.875 42206 2814 1 4:01 60.250 34.875 LHSG 49.625 2.875u 46.750 47.313 50.750 47.313 1611 228 1 4:00 76.500 32.563 HNCS 28.375 2.625u 25.750 26.000 28.375 25.625 4686 409 10 3:58 47.125 22.500 CA 45.563 2.563u 43.000 42.063 45.563 42.063 20181 1130 3 4:09 61.938 26.000 CSC 72.438 2.375u 70.063 70.188 72.625 70.125 8608 633 66 4:21 74.875 44.000 ERTS 41.063 2.313u 38.750 39.438 41.625 38.063 8834 936 27 4:01 57.125 33.250 CHKPF 43.250 1.875u 41.375 42.500 44.750 42.125 8427 882 10 3:59 56.000 10.875 LGTO 48.750 1.688d 47.063 48.875 51.125 47.625 11164 1178 1 4:00 67.750 22.000 RATL 34.438 1.688u 32.750 33.125 35.000 33.000 16030 1013 151 4:01 35.625 10.500 SEBL 40.625 1.250u 39.375 39.875 41.688 39.500 8863 804 122 4:01 45.875 15.125 LHSPF 31.438 1.063u 30.375 30.625 32.250 30.500 4600 584 11 4:00 68.000 29.000 SAP 31.188 1.063u 30.125 30.313 31.500 29.938 6201 555 28 4:02 62.250 29.000 JDEC 19.000 1.000u 18.000 18.000 19.000 18.000 15566 800 75 4:00 50.000 18.000 CATP 31.750 0.750u 31.000 31.125 32.250 30.125 18446 1606 60 4:01 58.375 13.375 MERQ 59.750 0.750- 59.000 59.750 60.313 57.750 1506 200 25 4:00 66.750 21.125 ADSK 42.125 0.750u 41.375 41.313 42.250 41.250 9149 626 1 4:01 50.063 21.625 PSFT 19.000 0.563u 18.438 18.688 19.000 18.313 20636 2259 39 4:01 57.438 16.500 SAVLY 18.500 0.375- 18.125 18.500 19.000 18.250 7890 342 5 3:59 58.000 7.500 THQI 23.563 0.313d 23.250 23.625 23.688 23.313 2772 213 2 3:59 32.125 9.500 DDDDF 52.625 -0.375- 53.000 52.625 53.500 52.125 149 40 1 3:55 58.875 18.250 Bank_Brokers [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- MWD 92.125 7.438u 84.688 85.375 92.125 85.375 19663 1076 114 4:01 97.500 36.500 MER 71.688 4.688u 67.000 68.125 71.750 67.875 38884 2416 138 4:03 109.125 35.750 BAC 64.750 3.125u 61.625 61.875 64.938 61.750 41030 2249 15 4:18 88.438 44.000 CMB 76.125 3.063u 73.063 73.063 76.688 73.063 50397 1493 640 4:01 80.125 35.563 LEH 51.063 3.063u 48.000 48.500 51.250 48.500 8017 737 121 4:01 85.000 22.625 DLJ 50.938 2.938u 48.000 48.500 52.188 48.500 4674 545 25 4:01 63.750 20.375 ONE 50.813 2.563u 48.250 47.875 50.938 47.500 26345 1532 529 4:00 65.625 36.063 WFC 34.500 1.750u 32.750 32.875 34.500 32.125 N/A 1975 50 4:25 43.875 27.500 BSC 42.500 1.500u 41.000 41.250 43.000 41.188 2641 314 10 4:03 60.750 24.563 C 53.625 1.250u 52.375 52.188 54.500 51.813 N/A 4088 518 4:01 73.500 28.500 BK 35.500 0.750u 34.750 34.500 35.750 34.188 17686 1196 479 4:01 40.688 24.000 AGE 34.063 0.188u 33.875 33.625 35.000 33.563 3303 344 86 4:03 48.813 22.625 Drugs [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- AMGN 124.750 8.000u 116.750 118.000 124.813 118.000 24057 2882 2 4:01 130.000 51.875 PFE 132.250 5.500u 126.750 128.250 132.500 128.250 29557 2869 1 4:04 134.500 80.188 BGEN 94.813 4.438u 90.375 91.500 95.125 91.438 15682 1709 1 4:01 100.500 41.000 LLY 90.000 2.625u 87.375 87.375 90.125 87.375 12933 1238 17 4:01 94.563 57.688 GDT 52.375 2.375u 50.000 50.125 52.375 50.125 9942 820 1 4:00 60.250 29.750 JNJ 84.625 1.063u 83.563 83.500 85.438 83.188 24296 1353 6 4:03 89.750 67.063 Internet [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- EBAY 239.500 27.500u 212.000 219.250 240.500 213.000 13181 3591 5 4:01 321.000 25.250 BCST 146.750 22.250u 124.500 127.375 148.875 126.000 28529 8795 2 4:01 289.500 32.750 CMGI 112.000 19.938u 92.063 97.875 115.250 95.000 29985 8768 3 4:01 155.000 9.234 YHOO 158.500 16.125u 142.375 149.000 159.000 145.500 N/A 19918 9 4:01 222.500 15.188 LCOS 103.250 16.000u 87.250 93.813 105.875 91.000 N/A 20942 59 4:00 145.375 17.594 XCIT 105.250 15.375u 89.875 93.750 106.000 93.125 23338 5366 71 4:00 125.000 18.000 AMTD 98.500 15.188u 83.313 89.750 100.469 88.000 31631 9287 1 4:00 135.000 11.250 INKT 68.313 13.813u 54.500 59.875 68.500 56.125 33484 5851 5 4:01 94.875 15.375 ATHM 109.875 13.750u 96.125 100.125 110.000 99.500 32941 6687 6 4:01 131.000 23.500 AOL 164.625 13.750u 150.875 153.375 164.938 152.000 N/A 12730 6 4:25 177.500 24.906 MSPG 84.625 13.000u 71.625 75.563 84.875 73.375 15452 4079 1 4:00 125.000 12.953 AMZN 109.875 12.438u 97.438 100.375 110.188 99.500 N/A 14835 20 4:01 199.125 9.531 SEEK 65.563 11.563u 54.000 57.438 65.750 55.875 27970 6257 1 4:01 100.000 11.375 ELNK 66.813 9.500u 57.313 60.063 67.000 59.000 15596 3347 10 4:00 96.750 15.500 EXDS 88.000 9.000u 79.000 80.875 90.875 80.875 4030 774 10 4:00 115.125 15.500 INTU 86.000 8.625u 77.375 79.500 86.125 76.625 11015 1703 13 4:01 104.750 26.250 EGRP 48.250 5.500u 42.750 45.000 48.250 43.000 N/A 19788 23 4:00 66.438 5.000 DRIV 36.875 4.625u 32.250 34.063 37.500 33.500 10455 1636 3 4:00 61.375 5.000 BVSN 39.438 4.188u 35.250 36.188 40.313 35.750 5367 956 3 4:00 49.250 9.250 NSOL 158.000 4.125u 153.875 154.500 162.000 143.000 15605 3315 1 4:00 260.375 17.500 ONSL 37.625 2.375u 35.250 35.500 38.875 33.250 11129 2525 4 4:01 108.000 10.625 ElecContractMfring [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- JBL 68.313 6.063u 62.250 62.250 68.375 62.250 5396 639 10 4:02 79.000 23.000 SANM 61.125 5.250u 55.875 56.875 62.875 56.500 9024 1112 6 4:01 75.875 19.625 SLR 87.125 4.188u 82.938 84.750 87.500 84.313 11299 678 57 4:01 93.500 35.438 SCI 35.000 2.250u 32.750 33.375 35.438 33.125 8893 479 33 4:03 59.375 20.750 FLEX 37.750 2.125u 35.625 36.250 38.156 35.750 6408 522 1 4:00 46.250 10.984

To: mattie who wrote (19842)	2/11/1999 6:37:00 PM
From: Foad	Respond to of 69125

Hi Mattie. FYI, This came out on BSX after the market close. biz.yahoo.com Thursday February 11, 4:44 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Boston Scientific Corporation Boston Scientific Announces Impact Of Schneider Integration And Cost Reduction Initiatives NATICK, Mass., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX - news) today outlined the impact of its initiatives to integrate Schneider Worldwide and streamline its manufacturing operations. Since acquiring Schneider Worldwide last September, the Company has focused on its plan to achieve product synergies and manufacturing efficiencies on a global basis. The Company also continues to focus on rightsizing its global manufacturing capacity after four years and $6 billion of acquisitions. The Company is in the process of implementing a rationalization plan established after acquiring Schneider Worldwide. The rationalization plan takes into consideration duplicate capacity and opportunities for further leveraging of cost and technology platforms. The Company's actions will result in the displacement in the next year of approximately 2,000 current positions. The Company estimates that the costs associated with these activities will be approximately $62 million, most of which represents severance and related costs. Approximately $36 million of the total has been capitalized as part of the purchase price of Schneider. The remaining $26 million ($17 million, net of tax) has been charged to operations in the fourth quarter of 1998. These initiatives are expected to be substantially completed within the next twelve months and are already incorporated in the Company's 1999 Plan. Pete Nicholas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Scientific, said, ''While these actions are consistent with the strategic imperatives that drove our decision to acquire Schneider Worldwide, we very much regret the impact that they will have on certain of our employees, and we will be sensitive to all those involved. We are certain that our continuing focus on streamlining our cost structure will result in a stronger and more profitable platform upon which to grow within the industry that we helped pioneer.'' Boston Scientific is in the process of finalizing its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 1998. The Company plans to release complete financial results later this month. Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical devices. Since 1995 Boston Scientific has grown from $450 million in revenues with 2,000 employees to projected 1999 revenues of $3 billion with more than 12,000 employees. The Company has achieved a leadership position in each of the markets it serves. This press release contains forward looking statements. The Company wishes to caution the reader of this press release that actual results may differ from those discussed in the forward looking statements and may be adversely affected by, among other things, the ability of the Company to implement its overall business strategy, integration plans, cost containment initiatives, and other factors described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE: Boston Scientific Corporation

To: mattie who wrote (19842)	2/11/1999 11:56:00 PM
From: Clint E.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69125

Mattie, I was telling a colleague this evening that some traders will look back at what happened today and say, "Oh, my God. Time to get out...Blow off...This thing is coming down....." and others say, "Amore, Amore!" You asked what to expect next and my answer is a simple and an obvious one for the NAZ. Watch for the earnings of three super tech companies, DELL+HWP+AMAT, next Tues. Of the three, I am the least concerned about AMAT and HWP, in that order, as far beating estimates. DELL concerns me a bit because of high expectation with this stock. If their earnings & outlook is +ve, then look for the NAZ to reach new highs by the end of next week. The DOW is clearly trying to break out of its trading range and head higher, thanks to broad participation and strength in its financial, cyclical, technology, drugs, and consumer stocks. There are six trading days left before Feb 23rd. when Greenspan is scheduled to speak on the state of the U.S. economy in his Humphrey-Hawkins testimony. The DOW could reach as high as 9600 before then, pause a bit and zig-zag around that time, and then go into new highs by the end of the month. "Amore, Amore!" Clint PS, Watch Banking & brokerage stocks closely.