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To: Curlton Latts who wrote (17445)	5/12/1998 3:25:00 PM
From: Curlton Latts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Intel Opens Europe's First .25 Micron Fab dailynews.yahoo.com "Intel will convert its entire microprocessor production to 0.25 micron technology by the beginning of the fourth quarter of this year," Craig Barrett, Intel president and chief operating officer How many more of these have to happen before the competitive pressure on the Koreans forces major ramp ups in capital spending to keep up? Good Luck To Each And All Curly ~~~~~~~~^^ [6.6] .....> [_]

To: Curlton Latts who wrote (17445)	5/12/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

I have been writing calls on MRK for the last three years, trying "judiciously" to avoid areas of rise and pick tops. I wrote 7 cycles and only once I got caught with "my pants" down, I turned around and bought back the shares, it increased my annual return (dividends plus option fees) to 15%. That is not talking into account that the stock almost tripled. On a return basis, a consistent policy of writing options can be quite profitable. My returns could have been higher if I did not stay out in periods where I thought the market would rise. I did a paper study as to what would have happened if a rolled over the options every month and always twrote the closest in the money option, and the returns (without the cap gains on the stock) would have been 22%. Zeev Zeev