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To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (6771)	10/22/1997 9:29:00 PM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Hi, Bipin's Partner! That last paragraph... Btw, try to avoid shorting a company when you have too much inside information because most publics don't have them, so they can be very bullish. Trend is more important than inside information for shorting, imo. ...was so insightful! Thanks for posting that. Regards, Linda

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (6771)	10/23/1997 2:46:00 AM
From: Jeroen Pluimers	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10836

BPP, Thanks for the information about shorting. I now have a good impression what it does. Shorting looks a lot like 'put options' in the Netherlands. Put options are options that give you the right to SELL for a certain price. The other kind of options we can get in the Netherlands are call options that give you the right to BUY for a certain price. The main difference between shorting ang put options are that for shorting you need money or other posessions 'in the pocket' or otherwise you can make large losses. For put options you only need the money that cover the option price. jeroen

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (6771)	10/23/1997 4:10:00 PM
From: MENSO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

>> 1. You need to check if "shorting" is legal in your country first. << Ridiculous. If Jeroen wants to short US stocks all he has to do is open a trading account in the US. >> Trend is more important than inside information for shorting << Now you are contradicting yourself, Bipin. Did you not ask me what my logic was for posting the TREND ? Oh, I see, it was your MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder) "partner" that must have posted the other message... : )