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To: Jeroen Pluimers who wrote (6793)	10/23/1997 5:15:00 AM
From: Linda Kaplan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Jeroen, We have put and call options here, too, but shorting is different in several ways. For one thing, options have a lifetime, and expire at the end of their lifetime, but you can keep a stock short forever. Also, if you buy put options you can lose only as much as the cost of the options.When you short a stock, you have unlimited loss potential. You are selling stock you don't own, hoping to buy it back when the price is lower. If the stock goes up, you will have to buy it back at a higher price. Since stocks can go up infinitely, you can lose an infinite amount of money when you short. Linda

To: Jeroen Pluimers who wrote (6793)	10/23/1997 7:53:00 AM
From: Bipin Prasad	Respond to of 10836

Good evening Jeroen, Like Linda posted "shorting" is different from "options." If you want, I'll look for some books about shorting some time second week of Nov. Email me with your address, I'll mail books to you. I'll also look into net bookstores like "Barnes and Noble" around that time. regards, BPP