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To: rhet0ric who wrote (9315)	4/4/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Suggestion for AOL puts. Wait until the day after a big upswing. There's usually a few small down days before the next big push. This will allow you some time to look at the chart and for fear to sink in so that you can get out at breakeven or a small loss within 3 days. I made the mistake of buying my Oct 65's 5 days after a ramp, one day before the next one. You may think 5 down or sideways days are weakness. It may be weakness in normal times. But in AOL right now, 5 down or sideways days are just the means to suck in more short cannon fodder. Did you see AOL's Friday close? Was that institutions defending their stake or what? This really is classic mania and market manipulation. OTOH, AOL did reach their "new" 12 month target of 75 and no one has had the nerve to double it yet. But that new Buy rec didn't help either. Imagine actually getting paid to start a stock as a Buy after it quadruples in a year. Guess it helps to simplify the selection criteria. "Fire all those programmers, just see if the thing has quadrupled."

To: rhet0ric who wrote (9315)	4/4/1998 2:10:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 13594

12/18/97 Computergram Int'l (Pg. Unavail. Online) 1997 WL 15786407 Computergram International COPYRIGHT 1997 Apt Data Services Ltd. (UK)) Copyright 1997 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. Thursday, December 18, 1997 No. 3314 AOL SCORES $40M EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH BARNES & NOBLE Subscription: $995 per year as of 1/97. Contact APT Data Services Ltd., 12 Sutton Row, London WIV 5FH, UK. Phone 44-171-208-4200. Fax 44-171-439-1105. Barnes & Noble.com has expanded its relationship with America Online Inc's AOL to the tune of $40m over the next four years. The book retailing giant's online subsidiary has signed a contract with AOL Networks that will make it the exclusive bookseller on the 10 million-member proprietary online service. The two had a previous agreement that made Barnes & Noble the exclusive bookseller on the AOL Marketplace area of AOL.com. The deal gives Barnes & Noble extensive placement throughout most of AOL's service, including links from the various channels to Barnes & Noble titles in that particular area of interest. But the most appealing feature of the deal for Barnes & Noble is that it shuts the door on the competition, as other online booksellers - such as Amazon.com - will be prohibited from advertising on the proprietary AOL service for the term of the arrangement. Amazon.com, however, remains the exclusive bookseller on AOL's web site (AOL.com) and its AOL NetFind search engine. ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- COMPANY (TICKER): Barnes & Noble Inc.; America Online Inc. (BKS AOL) ORGANIZATION: AMERICA ONLINE INC. BARNES AND NOBLE INC. KEY WORDS: COMPUTERS NEWS SUBJECT: High-Yield Issuers (HIY) INDUSTRY: Publishing; Information & On-Line Services; Media; Consumer & Household Services; Consumer Products & Services; Limited Product Specialty Retailers; All Specialty Retailers (PUB IAS MED CSV HOU OTS RTS) REGION: United States (US) Word Count: 164 12/18/97 COMINTL (No Page) END OF DOCUMENT

To: rhet0ric who wrote (9315)	4/4/1998 2:22:00 PM
From: Dom B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Hello, Rehtt...your portfolio is none of my business,but I feel that you should consider a lot of stuff before buying your puts/shorts on aol - 1. Do you know the NYSE specialist system? If not, take a "Random Walk" over to the Richard Ney thread; 2. Do you know how a specialist profits from your short trade other than the "squeeze"? Stock Detective website has an article on this, too. 3. You probably know that H&Q and the power houses are treating this issue with white, pure silk gloves. Witness how Goldie purchased 900k shares from Bertelsmann and just slowly selling in 100k blocks so as not to flood the market and thereby depress the price. 4. And lastly, time is not your ally with options! Good luck Rhett, fwiw, I've been long on this since Feb 97 at 18, post-split, while someone on this thread is already 100% underwater on some of his short positions. //dom