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To: Alan Gallaspy who wrote (1923)	10/1/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

Alan, I'll sell you some. Say for about an 1/8th. ;-) I don't have anything expiring in October, but I believe the date is Oct 15th, 2 weeks from today. Even if your namesake Alan G. raises rates and / or announces a bias toward tightening on the 5th, I can't see a further 20% drop in MTSN in that time given its strong fundamental outlook. But if the market comes down 10%, on average MTSN will go down 20%+. Averages are misleading. The market could come down 10% while MTSN goes up 20%. i.e. MTSN's beta is about 2.11 Ian. RE: What would it take to buy the Oct 10 puts (QQMVB)? Note: Please don't take the above as an enticement to sell the Oct 10s in order to scalp 1/16. One would be poorly compensated, after commission, for the risk no matter how slight it is.