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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna

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To: Brad Bolen who wrote (29640)9/30/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) of 94695
 
One word -- LEVERAGE -- you don't get that with a short!

Ooops -- four more words -- upfront limit on losses.

Theoretically your losses on a short are limitless and you can only have the stock go to zero -- so only 2X return on the amount of money you use max.
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