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...aptly dubbed an "October massacre." Turmoil and outright fear shook the financial markets as stampeding hordes of investors got caught up in a mood that had been almost absent during the go-go 1980s: bearishness. Over the course of less than two months, in the worst setback since the bull market began five years ago, the value of U.S. stocks has plunged by nearly half a trillion dollars...
Today's worrisome parallels to the 1920s begin with Wall Street. From 1925 to 1929, stock prices more than doubled. But during the current bull market, the Dow Jones industrial average has more than tripled in value since the run- up began in August 1982. During the rally's first phase, investors put their money in stocks based on their intrinsic value, which was backed by corporate profits and dividends. But in the later stages, the betting has become almost purely speculative, as investors pour cash into the market in fear of missing the free ride. At this point, many...
...about 70% of victims, the first sign is a rash that often looks like a bull's-eye -- white in the center and red on the outside. It erupts up to a month after the tick bite, and is sometimes accompanied by fever, stiffness and extreme lethargy. At this stage, the infection is easily cured with common antibiotics, like tetracycline. Left untreated, however, more serious symptoms may develop as the spirochete makes its way into the brain (18% of cases), the joints (57%) or the heart (10%). Correctly diagnosed, even these complications can usually be reversed with large doses...
...most strenous sport since rollerball. The supposed object: to toss the ball into the net. The secret agenda: to drown the opponent. Perhaps this is overestimating the vicious nature of the game, but water polo is the most under-appreciated sport around. It falls somewhere between ballet and bull-riding in the gracefulness department, and has more scoring than field hockey and soccer combined...
American financial markets offer both the stability and variety of opportunity that prudent investors crave. Wall Street analysts give foreign investors credit for a major helping hand in the five-year bull market, and well they should. Via the computerized linkages that now tie together the world's financial markets, overseas investors are gobbling up U.S. stocks at a $39 billion annual rate this year, adding to their previous holdings of $167 billion. In the first three months of 1987, the Japanese bought $3.5 billion in U.S. stocks, while the British spent $2.4 Says Byron Wien, domestic portfolio strategist...