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To: jamie lindsay who wrote (387)	4/17/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: Yoav Chudnoff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1443

mmmm . . . very dead only 500 shares trading . . . . quiet before the stock taking off???????

To: jamie lindsay who wrote (387)	4/17/1998 12:11:00 PM
From: AuldDruid	Respond to of 1443

Jamie, Point well taken. I used to fear large short positions, because I thought they might know something I don't. I still watch them carefully, but know that they are a market mechanism that is a two-edged knife, more likely to cut the shorters, who have less time to do due diligence than do we long term investors(because declines traditionally happen at more than twice the rate of advances). Should a short squeeze actually develop in this stock, the price could spike though, with a short term downside to follow while the more stubborn of the short losers attempt to re-short and recoup their losses. That's where I think the "rubber hits the road" with combined profit taking by some longs added to the short recoup attempt. There might be some trading profits in there for all of us, at the expense of the shorts, if we're very alert, nimble, and well-advised. Good Hunting! Murray