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To: HairBall who wrote (24246)1/24/2002 10:57:45 AM
From: Softechie  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 99280
 
oh oh how about MCTR at $1 and hit $10? Did you do that? Duh...



To: HairBall who wrote (24246)1/24/2002 11:01:30 AM
From: vampire  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 99280
 
Always thought that was fuzzy math - how if one buys a stock at 5 and it goes to 10, you have made 100% - but if you short a stock at 10 and it goes to 5, you've only made 50%

while i understand you have a greater initial investment, the end result is the exact same