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Strategies & Market Trends : Mr. Pink's Picks: selected event-driven value investments -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr Bond who wrote (1537)	5/15/1998 11:18:00 AM
From: Goulds	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18998

I rarely short, Mr Bond. The odds are against you in an up market. When a serious downturn hits the general market, shorting is fine. IMO, shorting specific stocks for more than a day or two in a healthy market is most foolhardy. Good luck with your research and due diligence. Good luck with your investments. Excuse my attacks. They are aimed at one individual. No... I did not lose money because of him. I'm just very tired of his months of personal attacks against me, I'm tired of his attempted stock manipulation, and I'm tired of his lies and slander on public forums that are aimed against good companies and good people. I am tired of his personal actions that have jeoprodized the harmony of people's lives and their jobs. Specific outrageous attacks on posters on these forums of people who disagreed with what he had to say. I have nothing aginst any other poster... just David Sheene, alias, pink. A very malicious person. For the record, Mr Pink has been thrown off SI at least 5 times. It's not for the nice things he does.

To: Mr Bond who wrote (1537)	5/15/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: andrew krull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18998

Mr. Bond: Have you ever read Joel Greenblat's book? He has a chapter about his experiences with risk arbitrages of the type you describe. I have talked with John Paulson of Paulson & Co. at length about risk arbitrage and the dangers of the deal falling apart. Despite my personal aversion to the paltry risk/reward ratios these strategies usually engender, may I suggest that you look into the ORU/ED deal. This is an all cash deal, $58.50 for a stock that trades at $53.50 with a 4.5% yield. I know that the downside is $10, but the deal has very little fallout risk. Have a look at similar recent deals and let me know your opinion. Andrew