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To: jeff wheatley who wrote (22441)	11/10/1997 7:30:00 PM
From: Jeff Jordan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

<<<I've heard of borrowing stock, selling it short and buying it back later to return to the lender, but I never heard of buying short. What's that?>>> Ok, thats what I call it...because when I go short my broker takes my money and its no longer available. So to me I bought short. When you buy futures its either long or short....when you buy shares in a stock you are buying long...to me I'm buying short and the brokerage is borrowing the shares. I guess it is confusing. What do you call it? Sell short? Buy short? JJ