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To: double-plus-good who wrote (75781)	2/12/2000 6:18:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

++, this market is nuts. your stocks aren't "darlings." they don't have unlimited "potential." wireless and broadband aren't associated with them. i learned over the last two years that folks sell low and buy high. my small caps were trashed. the stock price and the potential were totally disconnected. they went from undervalued to overvalued in 2.5 months. makes no sense. i've sold the big runners and am holding the cheap stocks.

To: double-plus-good who wrote (75781)	2/12/2000 8:47:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

++, the idea of synthetic stock position is twofold. First, you can play with the strike prices of both the put and the call for various scenarios. Secondly, you can get interest on the cash you have left to take the place of the dividend yield stocks used to have. <g>

To: double-plus-good who wrote (75781)	2/13/2000 1:19:00 AM
From: Greg Jung	Respond to of 132070

When neighbor Marvin Jones decides to sell his underperforming mutual fund and invest aggressively, funds must sell and put it to work in "aggressive growth" ie internet tech, the latest IPO idea, etc. From "old" stocks to, literally, "new" Stocks. The consequence is instant millionaires walking away with the dough as the insiders bail out asap leaving behind business shells and an artifice called "market cap". Small cap techs that were throw-aways have come up very strong, which is possibly the last stage of the mania - lasting for how long, we don't know. As long as the "money" remains in the market cap it is the marginal dollars that determine the price direction - absolute value has no meaning at the moment.