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To: Dealer who wrote (9406)	10/23/2000 10:50:20 PM
From: Dutch	Respond to of 65232

Top ten reasons being short sucks 10. Only happy when others are unhappy. 9. Must use multiple aliases to avoid abuse on message boards 8. Limited upside, unlimited downside 7. While others relax on Sunday night, you are already at work posting doom & gloom messages for Monday morning 6. Can't show your face when stocks are up, which is most of the time 5. When stock rallies you see a million messages saying "Shorts must REALLY be dying now!" 4. Even your friends (if you have any) don't trust you 3. Broker always snickers when he's delivering your margin calls 2. People avoid you at parties - they'd rather be seen with the drunk lawyer at the punch bowl And the #1 reasons why Being Short Sucks.... 1. Chicks whisper to each other "I don't know, why do you think everyone calls him 'Shorty'?"

To: Dealer who wrote (9406)	10/24/2000 8:41:14 AM
From: Dealer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

<font color=blue>MARKET SNAPSHOT--Markets look to upside open Another chorus of earnings By Julie Rannazzisi, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 7:35 AM ET Oct 24, 2000 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - The markets are girding for an upside open Tuesday with another parade of earnings news to set the tone. The chip sector may come under pressure following a profit warning from National Semiconductor (NSM), which fell substantially in pre-market trading. December S&P 500 futures rose 1.10 points, or 0.1 percent, but were trading a significant 10.60 points above fair value, according to HL Camp & Co. Nasdaq futures, meanwhile, gained 39.000 points, or 1.1 percent. In the government arena, prices wandered in negative territory in early dealings. The 10-year Treasury note slipped 1/8 to yield ($TNX) 5.605 percent while the 30-year bond erased 13/32 to yield ($TYX) 5.71 percent. No data is due out for Tuesday. The week's capstone - the third-quarter employment cost index -- will hit the tape on Thursday. Also due out late in the week is the third-quarter gross domestic product. View Economic Preview, economic calendar and forecasts and historical economic data. Cornering the currency market, dollar/yen shed 0.1 percent to 108.12 while euro/dollar traded at flat levels at 0.8357.