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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (12012)	3/28/2001 1:31:08 PM
From: fswep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13572

Good Morning Ray, I wasn't surprised to find you here. Still attempting to educate the conservative cliché? I have given up and decided to profit from their naiveté. I have quit trading Csco options as my resounding success from the 30s has been discovered. The premiums have reached unprofitable proportions. I have since moved on to other ducks. I just love the way that Wall Street has played the last 10 days. Yet, I don't think that the sheep are bleeding enough to curb their optimism. So I'm going to continue to hold the calls on the upside of my straddles. (Just took a look, oh how bloody). That tip about Dunbar has been an excellent read. I only get about half of the story here in academia and Nicholas put it all together very well. I think that his work maybe a required read, for the derivatives course. Interesting enough, is that I found it on the shelf at the U. It just got in; I am the first to crack the pages. Maybe there is hope here for the U of the great north. Got anymore? Good laugh yesterday as we got 4" of snow and all the road warriors in their SUVs had to learn to drive again. A few are out for awhile as they turned turtle in the ditch. You as a Luddite, that's a thought. I thought maybe a Wobblie would be appropriate. Oh, the machinations here in the oil patch. The fathers are attempting to stop the big oil from using the Beaufort Sea as the route of the gas line. Houses here have taken a 25% pop as homeowners turn speculators in anticipation of another oil boom. Looks like I will get my pick of remote areas to work this summer. Lucky me. Have you been following the copyright issue of HIV drugs made in India, being sold in Africa? Shows the best of, American capitalism at work. Hasn't Dubya been great! I vaguely remember a quote from about 88' "Read my lips". Must run in the family. My mom called last night, (she's 72, on fixed income). Anyway, she has a pile of CDs maturing soon and wanted to know where she could put the funds to gain the best return. I laughed and said that under her bed would give her the best ROR. She asked what I was doing and I explained standard deviation. She took a deep breath when I said mine was about 70%. Here’s something that will get your attention. LIFFE is going to partner with NASDAQ in offering Single Stock Futures. Now if we can just get Dubya to put the SS accounts in the market. What a feeding frenzy we will have. Going to invest in plastics, as garbage bags (suitcases) will be in short supply. Ward