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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88845)	1/25/2001 5:50:45 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

MB, Do we have inflation or we don't? Greenspam says there is no inflation. I've been in States for only a handful years, so I assume I don't know jack about inflation. When I asked people who were born and lived here for last 50 years they say that there is no inflation. They say that inflation is when you go to a supermarket and you see that prices are up since your last visit.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88845)	1/25/2001 7:47:41 PM
From: Shane M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael, Will you comment on options strategies and capital gains treatment? Do you try to manage transaction costs and short term capital gains, or is this not really a concern? Also, do you tend to trade equities as readily as you would options. How do you feel about buy and hold approach and does it have a place in your strategies? Thanks. Shane

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88845)	1/25/2001 9:10:25 PM
From: Shane M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Michael, Do you have an opinion on HLTH (Healtheon WebMD) for a put? They lost $786 million last quarter on $151 in somewhat questionable revs (shared internet advertising is a component) and have a mkt cap of about $3.4 million. Loss only seem to be accelerating and revs aren't. At the rate they're going they'll have losses greater than their mkt cap within a year. What holds a stock like this up, and does it have characteristics you'd look for in a put? Shane

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (88845)	1/26/2001 6:40:48 AM
From: Micawber	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

January 26, 2001 New Corporate Perk: If the Stock Falls, Cancel Purchases By FLOYD NORRIS Did you make the mistake of buying a highflying stock last spring, one whose price collapsed by the end of the year? Wouldn't you like to cancel the purchase, to get your money back and forget the whole thing? You can't cancel the trade, of course. But there is a fair chance that the chief executive or other top officer of that company was allowed to cancel his or her own purchases of company stock. The "rescission" of exercised stock options is the latest fad in corporate executive suites. nytimes.com