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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6364)	7/28/2001 8:01:33 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 74559

>>A very sissy bear indeed!<< I probably don't deserve to be called a bear at all. Bears sell short or buy puts. I just worry.-g-

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6364)	7/28/2001 8:13:23 PM
From: KyrosL	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Come on Maurice, you know that nobody around here expects a literal collapse. The worse people talk about is NASDAQ 600, a mere 40% below my target. And Jay even has actual stocks in his portfolio. Anyway, with more than half the world just starting to taste the fruits of capitalism and revving up for takeoff, a long term financial winter is, I think, out of the question.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (6364)	7/28/2001 9:04:17 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 74559

Re: The Japan Chart - change it to maximum to see 15+ years... Looks like it broke the critical support level around 14000. ( I believe that's the level the banks need to be solvent with their cross holdings) So after their boom/bust, they have had 10 YEARS of going sideways with little blips, and an ongoing lousy economy - but not the end of the world for most people. OF course , they have savings, while Americans have credit card debt... Real super bears don't buy puts because they expect counter party failures to make exercising the puts difficult. With shorts, you can keep the money, and pay someone twenty bucks not to use the certificates for wallpaper, and deliver them to your broker's court appointed successor to close out the short ;-)