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To: Stefan who wrote (59509)	5/17/1999 12:22:00 AM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

I wonder what he would say if he knew his figure was 3.5x too low. According to this article, 1.1 million online trading accounts were created between December 1998 through April 1999. That comes out an average 51,000 per week. Now that is *frightening.* nytimes.com We are perpetuating a gambling mentality that is similar to the 1920s. I read somewhere recently that 15,000 new Internet trading accounts are being opened every week. That is frightening.---Barton M. Biggs Regards, Nick