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To: Paul Senior who wrote (16742)	4/3/2003 12:50:46 PM
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Simple premise. (which I don't agree with) No evidence that I see that shorters are more "sophisticated" than buyers of the same stock. Shorters promulgate the idea that they have studied a particular stock more than buyers. Propaganda with no proof imo. Good morning Paul, I will, when I round it up, provide data to support my "simple premise". I didn't realize I would be called on the carpet for the statement. :) "I see them mostly as trend followers and short termers. Lots of amateur shorters who believe that you can make money in any market and since stocks have been down three years, ergo bet on further downside." I suppose you are right that there are a lot of amateur short sellers just as there a lot of commodity traders, currency traders, bond traders, etc. I am speaking more in terms of institutional short selling -- which would account for signficant short positions on specific stocks. In the future, I'll be a little more careful when stating my views. :)

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