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To: stockman_scott who wrote (8425)	7/28/2002 5:29:15 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13815

There is no going back to the good old days of stable stocks. These are the people who will try to keep things stirred up. The use of stops becomes extremely hazardous. Can take months before the advantage of (our best) LTBH stock over a so-so stock will become clear. biz.yahoo.com >>>Hedge fund transactions account for as much as 50 percent of the daily buys and sells on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, stock traders at top Wall Street firms said, compared with about 25 percent a year ago. "In S&P futures over the last couple of months, probably 50 to 60 percent is hedge funds -- they've been coming in both ways to get into the market or get out. The volume has been phenomenal," said Rick Tobin, an S&P 100 options trader and chairman of the CBOE index committee. The use of these instruments has gone up about 20 percent in the past year, Tobin said. Traders also say as much as 40 percent of buy and sell orders on stock exchanges are placed by hedge funds. Their influence is stunning, given that hedge funds hold assets of a mere $550 billion, compared with mutual fund assets of about $7 trillion, according to industry association data.>>>> Sig