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To: Chuck Stoafer who wrote (14228)	5/11/1998 1:02:00 AM
From: Big Brother	Read Replies (1) of 53068

Not to argue, but if you short a stock at 1.00 and it goes to .50 then you've invested .50 and made an additional .50, for a 100% gain. Of course, the maximum loss in a short situation is, theoretically, infinite, but would still be limited to 100%. It's just that the baseline isn't determined until the "buy" occurs. BB

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