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Strategies & Market Trends : Shorting stocks: Mechanical aspects
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To: Banjoman who wrote (112)9/1/1998 8:48:00 PM
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<< So even looking backward from year-end 97, assuming I
received at least 2% in interest on short proceeds, I would have about broken even
over the previous 5 years. So it looks like a very low cost or no cost hedging
strategy. >>

banjo,
if your long stocks is your margin, how do you make the 2%? Seems like this strategy may cost about 5% a year for the protection. wonder if just buying index puts would do the same for 5%?

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