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To: 249443 who wrote (16747)	4/3/2003 1:13:23 PM
From: 249443	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78525

Short Sellers/Paul Senior: "Simple premise. (which I don't agree with) No evidence that I see that shorters are more "sophisticated" than buyers of the same stock. Shorters promulgate the idea that they have studied a particular stock more than buyers. Propaganda with no proof imo." Good morning Paul, I started to peruse my afajof.org articles to substantiate the "short sellers are sophisticated" issue -- to which I claim to be true by those short sellers I follow. The same argument could be said about long only holders -- some are more sophisticated than others. But during my 60-second initial search, I recognized I could not find any article that could proof such a general concept. I would need to specify sample size, period of time, etc. I can't, other than show specific annual returns, prove that Doug Kass is a sophisticated short seller. I can't prove that George Soros is a sophisticated short seller. What I do know on a personal level is successful short sellers do their homework. But to move onto another subject, I'll go along with you that short sellers are not sophisticated. If I can't support my argument, then it is without merit.