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...warning signs are everywhere. Share prices in the relentlessly upbeat stock market now stand at sky-high levels by historical standards, and dividend yields have fallen to near record lows -- classic signals that the bull market that began 2 1/2 years ago has got dangerously long in the tooth. At the same time, companies continue to flood Wall Street with new issues to cash in on the bull's run before it can stumble -- another omen that the market may be overheated and headed for a fall. Even the current rush of little-guy buyers is usually a harbinger...
...bears further point out that stocks are returning little to investors in the way of dividends. On average, dividend payouts currently equal just 2.8% of stock prices, the lowest yield since August 1987. "The market has rarely been this high in terms of price to earnings or dividends," says James Grant, an investment-magazine editor who predicts a break in prices. "The eternal paradox is that people will buy more cars or canned goods when the price is down, but they seem to buy more stocks when the price...
...racial divisiveness is the lack of a strong economy to rebuild on. Los Angeles remains mired in a three-year recession, with a countywide 10.4% unemployment rate, 3 1/2 points higher than the U.S. average. In poor black neighborhoods, the rate is as high as 50%. The peace dividend of the post-cold war era has landed like a bomb in the Los Angeles area, wiping out 110,000 defense-industry jobs so far and possibly another 50,000 more by the end of next year. Many manufacturing jobs, which supported the city's working class, have evaporated because...
...SUPPORT FOR YELTSIN: I think Clinton is making a gutsy call, really the mark of a leader. There's no question a majority of the American people at this time would oppose aid to Russia. Clinton realizes that if the Yeltsin government goes down, it means the peace dividend is down the tube and the defense budget has to be increased by billions of dollars. ON WESTERN AID TO RUSSIA: It has to be substantially more than has currently been discussed. We must avoid doing just enough to get our feet wet, but not enough to work...
...Secretary will face plenty of flak on the particulars. The newest argument that defense hawks may deploy is that the shaky situation in Russia could lead to a more hostile regime there. Last week the Pentagon chief acknowledged that possibility even while heading off second thoughts about the peace dividend. "Some of the big changes in the former Soviet Union are irreversible," he said. "For now, we can continue bringing down defense spending." So far, the public agrees. In a TIME/CNN poll, 53% of the adults in the survey said Clinton's proposal to reduce the size of the armed...