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To: Jill who wrote (11535)	11/30/1999 4:41:00 PM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Jill, << I don't think it has to be a focus, but I have never understood why there isn't room for it to be included in discussion from time to time >> I am probably as guilty as anyone of getting OT. Would you please consider starting a new thread on G&K Investing Strategies (similar to its Qualcomm cousin) and back off this topic here. Please. - Eric -

To: Jill who wrote (11535)	11/30/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Mike Buckley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Jill, I really don't understand why people don't make options trading part of a longterm portfolio. Two reasons. The first is that options are short-term vehicles. It would be accurate to describe options as part of one's total portfolio but it ain't possible by definition for them to be part of a long-term portfolio. Even when using options strategies that provide insurance on long-term holdings, those insurance strategies are short-term The second reason is that some people don't want to spend the time needed to monitor the options. Count me in that camp. The only part of a post of your I ever remember objecting to is when you mentioned recently that it is "silly" not to include options in the discussion. That was probably a slip of the keyboard, or is maybe a reason for us to agreeably disagree, but to call that decision silly is awfully close to calling the person silly. I've been called worse, but you get the point. :) Very, very glad to see you tromping through the bits and bytes around here. --Mike Buckley