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To: JRI who wrote (2273)	2/18/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

I agree. Merrill Lynch was publicly loud and clear about their bearish calls back in October--not so coincidentally at the market's bottom. Anyone who turned bearish at the bottom doesn't deserve airtime. For Christ sakes, you couldn't have been more wrong. And they were bearish all the way up to 9000 and then we were just supposed to forget about their bearish stance. With all the financial sages on Wall Street, I would think you could find more credible people than ones who say "sell" at the market bottom and will likely turn fully bullish at Dow 10,000. Fully agreed: if you must put these people on on a constant basis, at least fully disclose their recent track record. Let's face it, the Merrill boys aren't on because of their performance figures, they're on because they have a big name.

To: JRI who wrote (2273)	2/25/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: frank burch	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17683

The CNBC Folks are MOMENTUM REPORTERS. You heard it here first. HOW many time are they going to slap DELL when i'ts down. When the market is going down, they only talk doom...and vice-versa. And Maria, c'mon. I think you have some talent - lets see it. If the futures are down, we KNOW "we are looking for a weaker opening." When Dell is down 30 points, we know some people are looking for 47% rather than 50% growth. Why bang bang bang on the same topics all day long. Come up with something newsworthy eg. The impact of FASB / SEC decision on writing off in process technology for tech companies. Do a pro-forma of companies earnings if the write offs were not allowed. Who is profitable...who is not. A little originality would be nice.