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To: Q. who wrote (27)	7/28/1997 11:40:00 PM
From: Shoe	of 172

John, thanks for the response -- but why are there such high transactions cost to boxing a position? Will a broker charge just to transfer shares to cover a short? I can see there are considerable interest costs if you cannot reduce the short account balance (which even at Aufshauser would earn only 3% per email rec'd today.

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