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Non-Tech : Ashton Technology (ASTN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Moosie who wrote (1558)	6/8/1999 2:29:00 PM
From: Keith A Walker	Respond to of 4443

Back over 11-5/8 at 2:25:37PM on 2,335,600 shares.

To: Moosie who wrote (1558)	6/8/1999 2:37:00 PM
From: AJ Berger	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4443

When they start naming names, ASTN blast-off! ''Ashton's core of technologists is touring the nation, trying to persuade institutional investors to utilize its electronic trading systems when Ashton's systems begin going live at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in the summer. So far, Ashton is not naming any big-league clients, however.'' Hey Auric, you and the short brigade were so 'quiet' when we flew up past $16. I wonder if you were actually short there, or just making noise to cover from here. My "people" got in the single digits, so you can posture all you want, it won't shake any of our shares loose. Shorting such low priced volitile stocks is a dangerous game; I sure hope you've got the Margin to keep playing. Other potential longs who are interested in ASTN may want to diversify their exposure to this sub-sector by getting some ITG shares as well. I like the combination of solid growth and speculation by placing the two in my portfolios. Good Luck.

To: Moosie who wrote (1558)	6/8/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: Sir Auric Goldfinger	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4443

And guess what? Those technologists were just down the hall last week (I am not kidding) and they did not know a geddam thing aobut the real world. I mean the guy did not even know how INCA works. They better get some real marketing types in there or it's gonna be even worse than they thought. "Ashton's core of technologists is touring the nation, trying to persuade institutional investors to utilize its electronic trading systems when Ashton's systems begin going live at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange in the summer." PHLX "begins trading"? Sounds like mouse cajones to me.