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To: GST who wrote (100909)	4/14/2000 10:23:00 PM
From: Jan Crawley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

how much info do you think is off our radar screen and on somebody elses? GST - there are options/leverage for the big guys that's not fully account for here? Btw, I was thinking that "shorting shares" are pure margin positions; and therefore a material part of the margin debt? Am I way off?

To: GST who wrote (100909)	4/14/2000 10:35:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

how much info do you think is off our radar screen and on somebody elses? GST, I know you did not ask me but a lot. All short positions are held in the account in type 3. This means at the close of market, the total short position for any firm may easily be calculated. We may obtain it once per month and it is a bit dated:-(

To: GST who wrote (100909)	4/14/2000 10:42:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

<how much info do you think is off our radar screen and on somebody elses? > Well, someone at each of our brokerages (Schwab, Etrade, MS, ML, whatever) must be keeping tabs on aggregate cash/equity ratios, etc. in customers' accounts, and comparing those numbers over time, and eventually concluding that all the weak hands have folded and now's the time to buy (or the reverse, a month ago). Man, would I like to get hold of such info.... ;<