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Guy,
You're not cynical enough...but, who wants to listen to a
futures trader from Detroit?  
Steve Karnish
CCT

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> From: Guy Tann <grtann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Metastock <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: NBC's Talking Heads
> Date: Thursday, September 10, 1998 12:45 PM
> 
> I was watching and listening to the NBC Financial channel
today.  Let's see
> if I understand one of their resident geniuses.  Since the low
on Sept.1, we
> have had higher highs and higher lows.  This is a bullish
pattern and looks
> like we'll keep moving up.  That's unless we break that
pattern.  Then that
> wouldn't be good.  With the market down (at that time) 250
points we still
> hadn't broken that last 'higher low' he was referring to.
> 
> Now let's see if I understand him correctly.  Asia is in a
depression.
> Russia has collapsed, financially.  Central and South America
are in
> trouble.  Mexico just raised their interest rates from 20% to
40%.  European
> markets are exposed to this turmoil.  Gee, that sounds bullish
<g>.  Oh
> yeah, Starr delivered his report to Congress yesterday.  I'm
sure that's
> going to exonerate the President.  Nothing like stirring the
pot a little
> and adding to the turmoil.
> 
> Wait, I see a bright light.  10 year bonds have just dropped
below 5% in
> rates.  That must be the reason we're in such a bull move.  Of
course,
> flight to safety  doesn't mean anything to him.  The fact that
Europeans are
> quietly dumping their equity holdings in the US on every rally
doesn't mean
> anything to him either.
> 
> There are days when I wonder why I just don't turn off the
sound and watch
> the ticker <G>.
> 
> I wonder if the American public understands that these turkeys
are there to
> get you to buy equities?  Or am I just too cynical?
> 
> Guy
>