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To: MonsieurGonzo who wrote (2475)	4/20/1998 11:11:00 AM
From: Intel Trader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11051

I think INTC has analyst conf tomorrow. Also, COMDEX is going for a few days this week. Recently I've seen that puter demand is expected at 15% growth this year (hope I'm not quoting out of context), so things still look good. MSFT is in court tomorrow on appeal. MG, I was looking at the shiny new saxophones at a local dealer recently. How hard is it to learn to play if you don't know music too well (I seem to remember something with lines and dots on paper somewhere along the line, but dunno). The best to all, it If you like trading, check out AVEI. Good earnings recently. Big boyz like to dump in the am. Sppt at 34, 34 1/2 (today).

To: MonsieurGonzo who wrote (2475)	4/20/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Respond to of 11051

what I picked out from what Steve said, my way: the decision for a certain stock and a LEAP on it does not automatically make the stock get on hind legs and start up the trend slope. Trend or no trend is ORTHOGONAL to the question stock/leap/shortm-term options: here you just decide on the your point of compromise between pain and reward. Corollary: i have yet to see a case, where having a stock made money, and having LEAPs did not (and vice versa). Maybe Im just subconsciously picking these kind of thingies. So to keep a certain sensible margin of safety (ah, Ben Graham ...) check the trend of the underlying and its past performance in terms of volatility. My approach - PUT SIMPLY! - : hell, on the long run ANY stock got over the present-day level. In other terms fight high(er) volatility by longer times. Its actually in the mathematics, that earned two guys a Nobel prize last year (remember?) Janko