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Gold/Mining/Energy : International Precious Metals (IPMCF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eric Tai who wrote (26083)	11/14/1997 2:16:00 PM
From: Larry Brubaker	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 35569

WHERE'S CHATTERS? His last post was at 12:43 am on the CHATTERS thread when he disavowed having written one of his particularly idiotic posts. Said someone (his evil twin?) stole his id. Maybe Chatters and his evil twin are fighting for control of the keyboard.

To: Eric Tai who wrote (26083)	11/14/1997 2:26:00 PM
From: kimberley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35569

Eric, << In general, the junior mining stocks are dropping like a stock and they can make money just in shorting a "basket" of junior mining stocks. >> I understand this, but even with jr. golds, with some you have a range... you know where a top could be, so you can estimate your losses. such is not the case with ipm. I don't underestimate the power they have... but it just seems like an illogical choice for a short. It must be, like MG said, the 'game'. guess as long as you've got the money to play, go for it. i'm uncomfortable with 'unlimited' losses, though. best, kim

To: Eric Tai who wrote (26083)	11/14/1997 2:45:00 PM
From: Wildcat	Respond to of 35569

They remind me of a cartoon I saw recently. An investor was standing on a window ledge about to step off. From another window people were trying to talk him down,"Don't jump, don't jump." The investor replied,"Jump? No way, I can fly." Wildcat