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To: TTOSBT who wrote (150744)	1/7/2000 5:10:00 PM
From: kemble s. matter	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 176387

Hi!! RE: I went through all this with INTC in 1998 and ML's analyst TK lost his job and I thing so did his boss eventually. Now they are (and have been) at the same game with Dell! Very depressing. Very depressing is a nice way to refer to the circumstances.... :o) I almost can "see" why some folks are more concerned about the boasting a CEO does than what he is really doing with his or her time...The pure deception that runs amongst these brokerage firms IMO should be investigated much more closely...Why there are not rules for "creating illusion" and then buying all the way down is something I will never understand...and if there is some sort of flexible rule it should be tightened to restrict this from occurring...at least for a time period after they have "created advice"... Best, Kemble

To: TTOSBT who wrote (150744)	1/7/2000 5:11:00 PM
From: TTOSBT	Respond to of 176387

FYI:http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/000107/4f.html Friday January 7, 4:12 pm Eastern Time U.S. Options - Dell vols rise, put buyers seen CHICAGO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Implied volatility rose on Friday in options on computer maker Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - news), with put buyers seen as the stock lost ground. Implied vols rose to around 67 percent for the near-the-money January 45s. ``It's probably up four or five volatility points,' said Scott Kilrea with designated primary market maker LETCO at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. ``We had some put buyers in January and February (expirations).' Volume picked up somewhat on Friday in the option. ``I don't think it's so substantial that it's awesome,' Kilrea added of Friday's turnover, which he estimated at 100,000 contracts interexchange at about 2:30 p.m. CST (2030 GMT). ``I would say it's slightly more than usual.' Among the busiest options were the February 50 puts, which rose 1-5/8 on the CBOE to 6-1/2 on combined interexchange turnover of about 10,400 and open interest of 11,528. Texas-based Dell's next earnings report is expected around February 16, with the mean consensus estimate of $0.21 per share, according to First Call/Thomson Financial. Near the close, Dell shares were down 1-7/8 at 46-1/8 on Nasdaq market volume of 44.2 million. TTOSBT