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Non-Tech : Tulipomania Blowoff Contest: Why and When will it end? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mad2 who wrote (1409)	4/28/1999 10:43:00 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3543

Mad2, She said quarterly pro forma operating losses later this year likely would be at least 2.5 times the $30.6 million level reported in the first quarter. When I see statements like that, I always ask myself, "Self, just whose money are they spending here anyway?", and that snaps me back into the realization as to why I have no money in the internuts... KJC

To: Mad2 who wrote (1409)	4/28/1999 11:31:00 PM
From: ScrapCollector	Respond to of 3543

Mad2, The AMZN spin doctors are putting up quite a magic show indeed. Like AOL, they might get away with this one, too. An escape route for AMZN might be to acquire a brick & mortar business while the New Currency (AMZN stocks) still have value, then cover up the losses within the combined earnings of both. AMZN can partner with a huge retailer (WalMart?) and portals like YHOO (with BCST) can partner with Mass Media like CBS, to become the New Interactive Television. Of course, WalMart, CBS, and the like might want the Internet pies for themselves instead. Barnes & Noble is one such example. However, the New Currency might just be the ticket to coerce them into mergers. In any case, the "Internuts" are running out of excuses and time. The tragedy of all this is that when the Tulip implodes, many companies will not make it...

To: Mad2 who wrote (1409)	4/28/1999 11:55:00 PM
From: Pancho Villa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3543

If you want read some stupid remarks read this: fool.com Go towards bottom and you will find totally crazy statements like this and more: The Web effectively removes the "random" side of shopping -- the randomness of physical location, both yours and the stores -- that exists offline. This is partially why 66% of Amazon's first quarter sales were repeat purchasers. Offline, I buy on impulse after wandering into Crown Books, or Borders, or Barnes & Noble depending on where I am in the city. Online, I go to Amazon. Using the WWW.acses.com plow price search engine I recently bought three different textbooks at three different retailers. I am sure they made little or no money and the sale. The prices were ridiculously low. There was abosolutely no overhead involved in buying from three different places that were just one click away. I feel like writing to this guy and tell him he should be visit Kavorkian (sp?) in jail.

To: Mad2 who wrote (1409)	4/29/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: Pancho Villa	Respond to of 3543

Trivia question: does anyone know the PE multiple for the DOW and NASDAQ based on 99 earnings? Answer I could not find NASDAQ but S&P Ind index is selling at 42 times earnings and the 500 at over 35! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Week Prev. Week Year Ago Week -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ Ind Avg 10689.67 10493.89 9064.62 P/E Ratio 26.4 26.1 23.3 Earns Yield, % 3.78 3.82 4.28 Earns $ 404.02 401.07 387.58 Divs Yield % 1.51 1.51 1.55 Divs $ 161.05 158.54 140.59 Mkt to Book % 670.56 658.28 641.04 Book Value $ 1594.14 1594.14 1414.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ Trans Avg. 3589.68 3528.70 3558.02 P/E Ratio 18.4 17.6 15.3 Earns Yield, % 5.41 5.66 6.50 Earns $ 194.23 199.59 231.30 Divs Yield % .84 .85 .85 Divs $ 30.09 30.09 30.16 Mkt to Book % 329.11 323.52 392.59 Book Value $ 1090.72 1090.72 906.29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DJ Utility Avg 301.27 296.15 280.00 P/E Ratio 19.3 19.3 20.6 Earns Yield, % 5.18 5.16 4.84 Earns $ 15.60 15.29 13.56 Divs Yield % 3.68 3.74 3.87 Divs $ 11.09 11.09 10.84 Mkt to Book % 229.45 225.55 177.45 Book Value $ 131.30 131.30 157.79 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S&P 500 Index 1356.85 1319.00 1107.90 P/E Ratio 35.98 34.98 27.89 Earns Yield, % 2.78 2.86 3.59 Earns $ 37.71 37.71 39.72 Divs Yield % 1.22 1.25 1.44 Divs $ 16.55 16.49 15.95 Mkt to Book % 721.31 701.19 609.27 Book Value $ 188.11 188.11 181.84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S&P Ind Index 1625.01 1580.08 1288.99 P/E Ratio 42.35 41.18 30.60 Earns Yield, % 2.36 2.43 3.27 Earns $ 38.37 38.37 42.13 Divs Yield % 1.06 1.09 1.31 Divs $ 17.23 17.22 16.89 Mkt to Book % 945.54 919.40 767.07 Book Value $ 171.86 171.86 168.04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to Market Lab Index Return to top of page Copyright © 1999 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.