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Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)
AMZN 229.12-0.2%Nov 26 3:59 PM EST

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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (83034)11/3/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Eric Wells  Read Replies (1) of 164684
 
>>I just don't understand

William: here are the factors that went into my decision to short ICGE:

1. ICGE has had an incredible rise in value since it's IPO in early August.

2. The past 2 days ICGE has risen nearly 30 points, or roughly 28% on no news.

3. European banks stand to raise interest rates tomorrow.

4. We're likely to get a bad employment report on Friday.

5. The overall market has been up for the past week.

I believe there is a good chance that the market will be down tomorrow and Friday based on the above. And that being the case, I believe that stocks that have overextended themselves, such as ICGE, may go down more than others. This is why I took out a small short position on ICGE - and believe me the position was small.

Similar logic to the above has allowed me to make a good deal of money shorting other stocks.

Thanks,
-Eric
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