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To: Eddy Blinker who wrote (58826)	6/15/2001 12:22:28 PM
From: David Howe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<< In my estimation every 1335th household is short at the moment. >> Is that what you meant to say? If so, that's not a very impressive show of strength for the shorts. IMO, Dave

To: Eddy Blinker who wrote (58826)	6/16/2001 4:00:17 PM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

The US population isn`t as dumb as the Media makes them out to be. In my estimation every 1335th household is short at the moment. They have finally learned, like my good self " to follow the money." Unfortunately if not enough money is pumped into the market or Father A.G dispatches trench coats to Chicago to buy more "Made in America", this system is not trained to handle shorts galore every day of the week.It will break down and bury the shorts and the long. And this scenario is knocking on the door. Eddy, Just curious. Where do you get the estimate of the number of households short the market? I would agree that there is more interest in hedge funds or short funds. How many corporation employees do you guess are actually short selling their own companies right now? I don't know if employees are allowed to short their own stocks but I would bet that if they have a lot of employee stock options, it would make sense for them to somehow hedge their positions. Don't know if it is legal to buy puts for them ...even if to hedge.