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To: Monty Lenard who wrote (40521)	10/10/2000 9:38:19 PM
From: bambs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77397

I so sick of shorts being vilified. We aren't evil!!! The evil ones are longs are shorts that try to mislead people on threads an profit by it. Long stock hypers and analysts made this mess. In a perceptual about face, the public is learning to distrust analyst commentary, recommendations and forecasts after being burned in Net issues, the DRAM players, semi-equipment stocks, and now broader big tech in general. In the end, Wall Street really only has itself to blame. Wall Street is in the business of selling financial products, so it is really caught in a Catch-22. After all, when was the last time you visited a used car lot and had the salesperson tell you there simply weren't any good buys on the lot at the moment? Answer: Never." siliconinvestor.com I short because that's the only way to make money when stocks go down. If you don't short you don't make money in a bear market. If you don't short you throw away half your money making opportunities. Shorting isn't for everyone. My mom shouldn't short. When the market turns from bull to bear mom's should buy t-bills. Bambs