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To: stubba who wrote (165561)	5/24/2001 3:47:33 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Stubba: Dell does three things with options that I read about. They sell calls, sell puts, and buy calls. Buying calls when price is low permits them to obtain shares for dispersing to employees Selling calls as they did ( at strikes up to $65) is pure income , but not earnings. Dell not likely to hit 65. Selling puts used to be more profitable in the past, so lets get this pig above $40 or somebody in Dell will get put-to unless they have covered -.and I suspect that the situation has been corrected The puts can only be exercised on the specific expiry date, so the drop to $17 did not hurt. And I dont know the expiration dates You probably know this , so just adding my 2 cents. .Sig