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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67397)	9/9/1999 3:05:00 AM
From: Richard Nehrboss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Mike, >> I really like the SOX as a put candidate, but the premiums are much higher than individual stocks, which is nutso. Have you checked it out for an arbitrage play? Maybe sell puts on the QQQ and buy puts on the issues? Richard

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (67397)	9/9/1999 8:27:00 AM
From: re3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Michael...hey its 09/09/99 today <ggg> it sounds like the 'scenario' on mu as presented in the mu and kahuna threads has not impacted your decision with mu poots ? er, i bought a bit of the jan 50 poots on mu, paid 1.875 ---gosh i am up on THIS purchase , probably jinxed it by pooting it in 'print'... here's a scenario for you...i bought 5 oct 55 ko poots and quickly had nearly a double...so, i sold them and used my original investment in them, plus a few odd bucks to buy 10 ko 40 january poots at 7/16...lets assume my bearishness on ko is correct...do you think it was prudent to switch or did i really just churn myself ? re asa...i'm holding anyway but au has performed better lately...is there sometimes a lag in asa following its internal holdings on the way up due to minimal volumes and demand for asa itself ? also, do you know the symbols for their diamond holdings i.e. debeers, etc... thanks and happy High Holidays !!! ike