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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (11410)	12/13/1997 11:04:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

Since we're discussing preservation of capital -- how bout your opinion on an individual stock? I've been trying to decide whether to hold hoping for a pre-earnings jump or not: BRKT? My cost basis is about 10.3. Can't decide what to do. Last tech stock in my account.

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (11410)	12/14/1997 12:30:00 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18056

Zeev, I personally think in a bear market it is smart of have a few shorts. If we have some deflation here preservation of capital will require us to at least maintain buying power of our financial assets. As far as book value..when a company is in trouble and probably will go out of business the book value can decrease to 10 cents on the dollar or less. Not that I am recommending shorting stocks that are at or below book value, there are to many stocks that are over priced right now. Joan