Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Non-Tech : Bill Wexler's Dog Pound -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: 24601 who wrote (4476)	10/30/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: RockyBalboa	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

There is quite a difference in buying back a shorted position and to invest money into a viable company. Plain and simple. I have shorted a company beginning with "R" some time back. I also covered because it was no longer falling on a weekly basis but simply did nothing. Would I ever have bought a long position? No. Recently, it spiked again, so I have the opportunity to enter a new short position... EOM and there is nothing to argue about. Noone goes bankrupt by cashing in gains.

To: 24601 who wrote (4476)	10/30/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: Mad2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

The sarcasm that exists on threads devoted to, or involved with short positions results from having to respond to "stock touts" who promote an issue with little regard for fundamental analysis in determining valuation. Frequently the most vocal of poor investiment issues do so strictly for their own personal gain in the belief that buying stock is a ponzzi scheme (which is truly the case with POS overvalued issues). These individuals see their responsibility as a shareholder to act as a "hawker" luring in as many unsuspecting souls as possible. If not greed then ignorance explains the motives. Mad2