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To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (488)	7/2/2001 11:54:21 AM
From: Ben Wa	Respond to of 683

I disagree with your conclusion. that's about it - ps - stay away from the chocolate flavored fortune cookies.

To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (488)	7/2/2001 12:28:01 PM
From: Ben Wa	Respond to of 683

a little more reasoning - just as it makes sense to get into a stock that you think will go up a lot before it gets crowded with momentum buyers, it also is wiser to short what you believe is an overvalued stock before it becomes a "crowded" short. A crowded short can be dangerous due to short squeezes and/or improving fundamentals, just like being long a momentum stock when the music stops. I suggest that your fear that profitable shorting will become next to impossible due to more awareness of the AREM stratagy is more likely tied to a tendency to focus on what are crowded shorts. Establishing a balanced portfolio with long and short positions, or even all shorts or all longs takes more work than reading Herb, or a few chatroom threads.