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To: Tommaso who wrote (49674)3/4/1999 7:30:00 AM
From: Kailash  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 132070
 
Ebay among the titans:

Company Market Cap Employees 98 Sales Profits P/E
------------------- ---------- --------- -------- ------- ----
eBay $14.9b 160 $47m $1m 5880
Alcoa $14.2b 81,600 $15.4b $1.1b 16
International Paper $12.3b 82,000 $19.5b $386m 58
Goodyear Tire $7.4b 95,302 $12.6b $597m 10
Union Carbide $5.7b 11,813 $5.7b $516m 15

From fiendbear.com

Enthusiasm still runs high; the "compared to other internet stocks"
argument makes it seem less outrageous, and people like to sell their
collectibles there. As if that warranted 15 billion. I'll highlight
in my forthcoming book *Shorting for Millionaires* - or maybe buy
some puts.

Kailash



To: Tommaso who wrote (49674)3/4/1999 9:10:00 AM
From: Mike M2  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 132070
 
Tommaso, I see Ron's replies often. I understand their frustration but if you have talked to equity holders in the 30's you would have heard similar responses- I know I lived through the 30's in another life and let me tell you there was tough love fer all. -g- The downside excesses of busts is inversely related to the excesses of the boom which is a frightening prospect considering the current excesses are the greatest in history IMO. Mike