To: JDinBaltimore who wrote (37531 ) 3/27/2001 6:30:23 AM From: IQBAL LATIF Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167 JDin, let me be very honest with you, if you make the basis of your analysis on things like 'capital controls in France as a result of Paris socilaist Mayor' or '$ weakening which is and was strengthening' or Japan going to dogs we have 22% rally since than nad you are right still, you can get away with all this and have the audactiy to claim that you are never wrong, it was not a sugar coat, I thought you will read my sarcasm to hte point. The other day you said I am long puts, yesterday you were long some exotic cranky stuff the like I am always long and I saw that you are long/short at the same time, an intelligent strategy but will wash out all profits at one point you need ot lift one leg. This all in last few days, I can assure you that no one will take you seriously. Mutual admiration society of people with different agendas can work, some with objective a attracting new cannon fodder others just having fun with few positions but here at Idea we fight for our lifes we tkae it little more serious, you remember your message that you never invest you are all in 'real estate' and you don't consider 'equities worth yuor while' than you said last week, that no I invest every day what should I bleieve? and you tell me you are right! The question of all this is to make you feel responsible before what you write. In case of Bush/Gore the importance is not who was right or wrong, the thing was that you thought that we will see a lot more problems whereas I had this roadmap of getting out of it on 17th Nov that US FSC will intervene and stop this non-sense. Now the issue here is you making a roadmap, I will not trust your's until I see your ability to make judgments right, this is the reason I have rarely traded on people who are short and long within seconds or may like to show us that. Making money in the markets is a difficult business and I respect that far too much not to see who is what!!, Since you love me it is all in love to correct your way-wardness..I am morep uzzled with your posts than you are with mine.. regards and as always, Ike..