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Technology Stocks : 3Com Corporation (COMS)
COMS 0.001300.0%Nov 7 11:47 AM EST
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To: craig crawford who wrote (12846)12/31/1997 5:29:00 PM
From: Lost in New York  Read Replies (1) of 45548
 
You have to pay those dividends to the owner of the shares you borrowed while your short but don't have that problem with options.

Although this is offset somewhat by a higher put price if the stock pays a dividend during the option's life, although it isn't 1 to 1.

Dave

Experiment Here: cboe.com
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