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To: Tom Hua who wrote (18185)	1/10/2002 12:02:39 PM
From: Brad Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19633

Tom, "Brad, by my estimate, 96.3% of Nasdaq stocks are overpriced. I suppose you are limited to few trading long candidates but ample short opportunities. I never go long a stock that is a scam though." I am a short only investor. In my view, there are far fewer players, and greater opportunities on the short side. I agree that there is money to be made on both sides of the market, but I prefer to focus on what works for me... Shorting overpriced stocks and holding those positions for as long as it takes for gravity to set in. I realize that your strategy,(and most of the others on this thread)is to trade on catalysts (for example earnings or the IMCL regulatory problems), but I don't think I have your talent in that regard. I try to keep my trading to a minimum. (usually just selling calls on stocks I intend to short, or sellling covered puts on my short positions for some income during the hold period). As always, though, I appreciate the ideas and insight from you and the others on this thread. Brad