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To: Patrick Koehler who wrote (26642)	1/16/1998 9:54:00 AM
From: DavidG	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 53903

Patrick, I will be buying PUTS, probably MUPFs as MU approaches 30. Will average up to 30 but not too confident that it will ever see 30 again for quite a while. Maybe its good that this is options day so we have this opportunity to get more PUTS. Although I am not an advocate of Tom Kurlak, you have to play along with his absurd positions b/c what he says will carry momemtum for now. Besides MU was getting overbought as it went above 32. Good Luck Trading DavidG

To: Patrick Koehler who wrote (26642)	1/16/1998 10:11:00 AM
From: Thomas G. Busillo	Respond to of 53903

PK, I agree that Mark Haines questioning analyst calls is great. My only problem is that to my eyes it appears very selective. If he can select excerpts from two reports yesterday and broadcast them, I would assume he's perfectly capable of broadcasting excerpts from Merrill's 8/6 report, the report that amazingly had the effect of driving MU to his "price target" (and I would LOVE to see where Kurlak put in writing that 55-60 was his price target for MU), after which he pulled the plug. Isn't it accurate to say that Tom Kurlak lowered MU from a L-T acc. to a neutral at 22 1/4 (I think that was the close the night before the earnings release) and as of yesterday's close, that call was not particularly admirable? Mark Haines' program broadcast that call when it occurred. Now, if a viewer who for some reason was long MU and saw that call and scratched their heads and said "gee, Jim Cramer likes Kurlak. Mark Haines seems to report Kurlak calls as if they were very important. I think I'll sell"... ...are they happy or sad right now (it's not below 22 1/4 yet is it? <g>) So Mark Haines is coming out and calling that call admirable? The stock moves up 46% after Kurlak's last downgrade and Mark Haines is reporting as fact to his viewers that the man's record on MU is admirable? What kind of journalism is that? Hey, Mark Haines, Captain Truth - wow about pointing out the fact that while Kurlak lowered the stock from an intermediate-term acc. to neutral, he also had MU as an acc. all the way down to 22? Isn't that part of the story? Don't get me wrong. I like MU lower <g> Good trading, Tom