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> From: charles meyer <chmeyer@xxxxxxxx>
> To: fasttrack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Current Events and the Markets - LONG POST
> Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 7:13 PM
>
> Bill:
>
> I looked at my old copy of "Economic Changes in the United States"
> by E.W. Axe & Company--a chart of economic indicators and industrial
> stock prices that begins in 1854. (I used to have a chart from the be-
> ginning of the stock exchange--you have probably seen it in one of the
> guru newsletters--which I can't seem to locate) Guess what folks. I
> don't have a mangifying glass so this is a Wilber and Orvile type of
> observation here but it would appear that prices rose during the trial
> and sold off briefly afterwards; only to record new highs in the fall of
> that year. Bill you are correct when you say that it's hard to imagine
> a comparison between today's economy and the Reconstruction
> economy following the Civil War but it is very interesting and curious
> to know what happened to stocks during that time period.
>
> Charles
>
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> > From: Ct250fub@xxxxxxx
> > To: fasttrack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: Current Events and the Markets - LONG POST
> > Date: Friday, December 18, 1998 3:44 PM
> >
> > Charles, that may take some doing. Since Nixon resigned before an
> impeachment
> > vote could take place, the only other comparable situation would be the
> > Presidency of Andrew Johnson. His impeachment and trial took place
from
> > March through June of 1868 and he was acquitted by one vote. It's
hard
> to
> > imagine a comparison between today's economy and the Reconstruction
> economy
> > following the Civil War. If anyone's interested a great place for
> reference
> > is
> > <A HREF="http://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/">http://www.impeach-
> > andrewjohnson.com/</A>
> >
> > You'll probably have deja vu reading the opinions from those days.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Bill
> >
> > In a message dated 12/D/YY 4:01:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> chmeyer@xxxxxxxx
> > writes:
> >
> > << Subj: Re: Current Events and the Markets - LONG POST
> > Date: 12/D/YY 4:01:12 PM Eastern Standard Time
> > From: chmeyer@xxxxxxxx (charles meyer)
> > Sender: owner-fasttrack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Reply-to: fasttrack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: fasttrack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Bill:
> >
> > Thanks so much for these great insights. If anyone can tell me the
> > dates surrounding the previous impeachment in U.S. history, I will
> > try to dig up some information regards the market.
> >
> > Charles.
> > >>
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