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To: LLCF who wrote (156047)	3/17/2002 5:23:57 PM
From: flint	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

The stocks may fall. But shorting a stock because it will fall with earnings and shorting because you see failure are two different things. In another post here I was reading some nonsense about the bears being right, looked to see what he was talking about and knew instintly he was a nut. A favorite short of mine was LVLT. The stock went from $130 to $2.00. I did not start shorting until $50 - after it hit its 52 week low for the first time. What difference does it make whether you short from $130 to $2 or $50 to $2. One way you make 98.5% on your money the other way you make 96% I'll trade that 2.5% for the security that comes with being patient. If the home builders reverse course due to the plight you invission. They will fall and fall hard. Nothing but maybe the lost oppertuntity of making an extra 2.5%, or possibly the lost of 100% of your money will occur if you insist on pionering your theory that following the biggest housing boom will be nothing but bust. Only a fool shorts stocks that are hitting their 52 week high or darn close to it. flint