Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 18:23:59 -0500

From: Evan Morris words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WORD-DETECTIVE.COM

Subject: Re: WALL STREET: Super Bowl Index; January Effect; Dead Cat Bounce



At 08:20 AM 1/16/98 -0500, Bapopik wrote:



=A0=A0=A0=A0 Wall Street needs an historical dictionary.

=A0=A0=A0=A0 Maybe Random House, Merriam Webster, or Oxford University P=

ress can

publish one.=A0 I mean a big, great Wall Street block that you wouldn't =

want to

drop on your foot.=A0 Maybe tie the book in as a gift with a subscriptio=

n to

THE

WALL STREET JOURNAL or BARRON'S or FORBES or FORTUNE or BUSINESS WEEK

or=

THE

FINANCIAL TIMES or THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.

=A0=A0=A0 All these business books, all these business periodicals, all =

these

investors (with money!), AND NO DICTIONARY??=A0 Oh sure, there's a book =

called

WALL STREET WORDS if you want to know the meaning of "IRA."=A0 But I mea=

n a

real, historical dictionary.=A0 "Bulls" and "bears" to "white knights."

Historical cartoons included.=A0 I have piles on Wall Street terms.



I have a copy of something called "High Steppers, Fallen Angels and

Lollipops,"

a book of Wall St. slang by Kathleen Odean, published by Dodd, Mead in

1988. I

found it remaindered for $2.98 at Barnes & Noble a few years ago, marked =

down

from $17.95. Ms. Odean does list "January Effect" (dating the idea back =

to

1906) but not "Super Bowl Index" or "Dead Cat Bounce," though her book is=

full

of neat stuff, including "Cats and Dogs."=20



MORRIS THE CAT:=A0 I'm an etymologist, too.=A0 I cat-alog words.

POPIK:=A0 Right.

MORRIS THE CAT:=A0 I have a book!

POPIK:=A0 Sure.

MORRIS THE CAT:=A0 The MORRIS BOOK OF WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS.

POPIK:=A0 THAT'S AN AWFUL PUN!!=A0 THAT'S IT!=A0 OUT THE WINDOW!



I have a Morris the Cat for President t-shirt.



--=20

Evan Morris

words1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]word-detective.com

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