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To: BigBull who wrote (41510)	4/1/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Fitz	Respond to of 95453

Ya got that right Bull <<<<<Ah yes, just like the good old days. Man it's amazing how fast the bears crawl out from under their rocks. While we are listening to WILD UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMORS>>>>> I don't know about anyone else but I used to follow these upgrades and downgrades pretty close untill I realized I was going broke... Doesn't take a brain surgeon to know when the street says buy you sell and when they say sell you buy............ Fitz

To: BigBull who wrote (41510)	4/1/1999 7:14:00 PM
From: BigBull	Respond to of 95453

Reality biz.yahoo.com

To: BigBull who wrote (41510)	4/1/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: Todd N	Respond to of 95453

<<Ah yes, just like the good old days. Man it's amazing how fast the bears crawl out from under their rocks>> I didn't mean to sound bearish, only trying to be sarcastic. I forget I haven't posted on this thread regularly in nearly a year. I've lost WAY TOO MUCH money on this sector over the last year and a half and don't intend to turn bearish now. Actually, I've been adding the last couple days, bought some of my FLC back yesterday (a day too early) and some PTEN today. Hope to buy the rest of my FLC on Monday on a dip. It's nice to finally see the tide turning. I think we've got a lot father up to go. I can get used to this, seeing black numbers next to my OS stocks instead of red. FWIW, I have scoured every mutual fund annual report I have access to(I get a lot), and could only find a couple funds that held ANY OS stocks. While most of the dates were as of 12/31/98, it just shows you how much farther we have to go when these funds start adding. The only funds that come to mind that had any holdings were Heartland (holding a huge chunk of TCMS, someone else had APA, and VanWagoner Funds (on their website), they say they hold NBR. Todd

To: BigBull who wrote (41510)	4/1/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: Brian P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

haaretzdaily.com Friday, April 2, 1999 Syria in economic dire straits By Nitzan Horowitz, Ha'aretz Correspondent Several top U.S. officials who have recently visited Damascus are saying that the Syrian economy is in serious trouble, with one congressman describing it as in "a state of collapse."... In addition to reports prepared by Undersecretary of State for Near East Affairs Martin Indyk that clearly indicate a deterioration in the Syrian economy, various sources report that morale is declining in the Syrian army. The fact that recent demonstrations outside the U.S. and Greek embassies got out of hand, the sources say, is an indication of the trouble rippling through the security apparatus in the country.... "Deterioration is evident everywhere," said a congressman who recently visited the country. "When I went from Syria to Jordan, I felt like I was going from Nigeria to Switzerland."... ...oil sales are also down sharply, while international commodity prices for both oil and agriculture don't offer much promise of salvation....With oil now forming some 70 percent of Syrian revenue and international oil prices remaining low, Washington believes that Syrian expenditures on oil exports are taking critical funding away from investment in infrastructure, education and health....