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To: C.K. Houston who wrote (14122)	4/5/1998 3:39:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Cheryl - Shorting stocks is not un-anything. It is betting that a stock's share price is going to decline. Imagine finding a high priced stock, doing your DD, and finding that the share price is based on expectations you know can't be met. Imagine finding out the company probably lied about future earnings probabilities, and the street doesn't grasp it yet. I think it might be "un-american" to not short it. <g>

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (14122)	4/5/1998 9:32:00 PM
From: Karl Drobnic	Respond to of 31646

Re utilities/insider selling/deregulation: It will benefit some, hurt others. Money will be made by being able to buy power in cheap markets and deliver it in expensive markets. Smaller utilities are trying to jettison their power generating plants and concentrate on transmission and retail sales (as one example). Jenkins stated TAVA has a role to play in the sale of spot power as deregulation progresses. That sounds to me like he is trying to align TAVA with the major players (he already announced contracts with Pacificorp and CMS). CMS is considered a leading candidate to emerge as big winner in the deregulation sweeps. So it's no surprise to see insider selling at utilities. There are going to be losers. Utilities are widow and orphan investments any longer.