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To: Follies who wrote (19337)	5/28/1998 12:22:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

I have been going long. Into selected stocks, since last Friday. Of course I am always short selected stocks too, and I have RYURX in my back pocket- just in case. I bought CDG calls this morning- looks to me like xoi is near an intermediate bottom and CDG certainly is oversold.

To: Follies who wrote (19337)	5/28/1998 12:41:00 PM
From: JK	Respond to of 94695

Well, the dog will keep salivating even longer if every so often a treat is given to the condition. Human nature most easily demonstrated in your nearby vending machine that doesn't always work or local slot machine. Jason

To: Follies who wrote (19337)	5/28/1998 12:44:00 PM
From: set	Respond to of 94695

> how many times can you ring the bell without feeding > the dog before they no longer respond? not many. when expectations are violated people (or dogs) get confused and typically do nothing. James mentioned in passing that when a market breaks dramatically nobody really wins in the end. peoples response mechanisms go haywire and have to be built up anew. of course this happens just as much in business as in stocks. someone mentioned how odd it is to feel calm, particularly in a curious and confusing market such as this one. that calm comes about as the mind begins to focus, and is a typical reaction, and often a pleasurable one. a panic, wherein people freeze as in the paragraph above, is when this focusing effort, in a sense, goes too far. we blow a fuse. our genius, compared to other animals, is the facility with which we can change course and remap our expectations. Nevertheless we occassionally fail, and then we're just as much a deer in the headlights as any deer ever was. obviously some people are quicker than others.

To: Follies who wrote (19337)	5/28/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: Byram	Respond to of 94695

Can't make up my mind - just back from vacation..got to get my data all figured out..But playing the squeeze..5 oex calls & 5 oex puts So that probably means that I have MADE the market stay flat..I guess I'll liquidate one position today so that it will be free to move.(in the other direction..LOL) Byram