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To: Jenna who wrote (49749)	7/9/1999 11:40:00 PM
From: Suresh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

Off Topic .... Off Topic hurtful as to undermine thousands of investors with a 'rumor' that might or might not be founded in fact. True investor would have made their research before investing. None of the swing traders or bashers or promoters will not really undermine either true investors or company with good fundamentals in the long run. the attack is so vehement that most people won't invest just because the fear has done its intended deed: namely keeping you out of the company so a few cronies are having a good laugh at the ensuing panic and hi-fiving their pals at the local bar when enough panic stricken people exit the stock. Well I have different definition for an investor/investment. I think you are once again talking about uninformed crowd following trader in the above paragraph. I'm sorry to say that my opinion is that most traders are not well-informed, and the herd effect runs rampant, and there are some clever manipulators that take advantage of this. I agree... What I would like is to neutralize the effects of these blasts if I can It may neutralize the effect short term on either long or short traders depending on the position but not on fundamental shorts or longs. I have not followed the market very long but in my limited knowledge fundamental shorts do lot more research than fundamental longs. A fundamental short without the backing of good research based on facts will be eaten alive if they are wrong. I know there are some scam companies and I know I'm not as knowledgeable as some 'investigators' but when a company is up 20% after a 'long call" and the 'shorter' is still going on about how it will die and it goes up another 10% and finally it does fall 5 or 10%, then the shorter says: What did I tell you it did fall, I think that is hilarious.. Well so what? It will move up again. Yep... in a bull market longs have benefit of doubt and in a bear market shorts have benefit of doubt but longer term I don't think it really matters much. BTW have you ever wondered to the fact that most successful people have always been investors and not traders ? Well I don't have anything against you or the bashers. Market decides the fate of those playing it. I am a valuation bear but an opportunistic trader. I am not afraid of taking long trading positions in companies like ZITL, VVUS, ZOLT etc and also not afraid of taking short positions in companies like COMS, CSCC, ASND etc (in fact have done so). Actually I am more comfortable taking short positions in companies which trade more than 2 mil shares/day because none of the small time bashers or promoters can influence it much. On the other hand in a stock which has a trading volume of less than 500K it is a fair game for either camp. Disclaimer: I have no open positions in any of the stock mentioned in this posting or have any interest in taking them in the next 2 weeks.