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To: Nadim Mando who wrote (16877)	2/5/1998 8:57:00 AM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

It is more like 30/40. Nadim, really? Where did you get that 30/40 figure? I would like to see. I get my 98/2 figure from the monthly NYSE short-interest tables. Besides the shorts work on fear, propaganda ( CNBC, BB... ) and psychology. Maybe they have more money ! I have no patience or time to educate your misguided soul, but it is the fear of stock prices falling further that makes some longs sell. A few shorts capitalize on them. I see nothing wrong in it. If you hate shorting so much so, may be you ought to start a campaign with your state reps to abolish short selling. I know this will be incomprehensible to you, if the short selling is not allowed the markets would perhaps be trading circa 3000 today. -Mohan