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To: BGR who wrote (112763)	3/26/1999 4:55:00 PM
From: Mark Peterson CPA	Respond to of 176387

Some interesting aftermarket size which some of you have probably seen: 4:04 Buy 310,000 for 38 4:06 Buy 150,000 for 37 15/16 Guess everybody must be jumping ship, eh? Or is that boarding the ship? Best regards, Mark A. Peterson

To: BGR who wrote (112763)	3/26/1999 5:03:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

I meant no offense and you have a good point. Inflation was not non-existant then (1997) as I remember, just not high by historical standards ... I don't have all the answers on that one. I did say there have been productivity gains; I am just of the opinion that these alone can't be the primary explanation for the lack of inflation during our extended period of growth ... Do you think the much higher prices paid for financial assets could play a role in keeping a lid on inflation to some extent? And what about my point about compensation via options? Could monetary policy have an effect --- low enough rates which accelerated investment in financial assets? Some have argued that rates were kept too low for too long and that this encouraged over or mal-investment. Probably too early to tell for sure, but certainly loose money played a role in the demise of SEA and other countries which are now seeing economic hardship ... I am told (and have not verified) that other large financial asset booms have happened before in which inflation never got out of hand.