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Technology Stocks : Gemstar Intl (GMST)

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To: Uncle Frank who wrote (3245)7/6/2000 4:56:44 PM
From: tekboy  Read Replies (2) of 6516
 
well, since I happen to hold 180 contracts of various GMST calls, the vast bulk of them extremely short term; and since I am already vastly overextended on margin beyond where I should be given my new-found maturity and imminent parental status; and since we don't actually know anything but are just playing hunches--no, I don't think I will do anything here. As for you, the play makes sense and you clearly have the hot hand, so if I were you I'd parlay your IBM and NTAP winnings and go for it.

tekboy@movinonup,totheeastside,toadeluxeapartmentinthesky.com

PS According to Charles Kindleberger's classic Manias, Panics, and Crashes, which I happen to be reading, where we would call certain speculative investments inappropriate for "widows and orphans," in France they would call them unsuitable for "the father of a family." Luckily my gsthq's expire a week before tekbaby's due date....
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