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Non-Tech : When The Last Tulip Petals Fall, Who's Holding The Paper??

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To: EL KABONG!!! who wrote ()1/11/1999 8:18:00 AM
From: Mike McFarland   of 4
 
Mutual funds labeled growth funds must
have sucked some of those shares up, I
think I remember seeing some AMZN in
pop's mutual fund report, for example.

When I saw the list of stocks in one of his
funds last summer (typical big cap momo stuff
like Dell and AOL) I said you ought to sell
that fund...those stocks have all really run, and
the price-earnings have all gotten ahead of their
growth rates
.

I reiterated the advice to sell a few days ago.

But what do I know...I chose Jan 5th of this year
for the Tulipomania contest...too early.

Still, I wonder if it may be time to start a little
sampler pack of puts, but then the premiums have to
be huge...although I haven't looked. Nobody would
dare short these things? Low float and all that
right for the perpetual sqeeze--or was last week
the squeeze?

...and some of my thoughts on ISP's
Message 7209524
--Mike
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