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To: Connor26 who wrote (108860)	2/19/2004 10:23:23 PM
From: ChrisJP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 208838

Hi Connor26, 2Mar$ is the pro maybe he will shed some light on the mystery. The shorting process is odd for me too, and execution from Schwab sucks. But I seem to have no problems shorting the QQQs and SMH. Fortunately, covering execution is instantaneous, lol. Also -- if you have your money tied up in longer term equities (like I have in my 401K where I can't short) there are funds that go up (more or less) when the markets go down. BEARX and USPIX are 2 that I use. I wish I had thought about using them in 2001 & 2002. If there are better ones, I'd be interested in knowing about them. Chris