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To: F The who wrote (6319)	6/17/1998 1:07:00 AM
From: James Choi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

With today's pop, will more AMZN short be available? A lot of shorts must have been squeezed out. I tried to short this about three times in the past, and never could find any available shares to short. (E*Trade). Well, I am glad I could not find any all this time. But all the reasons I felt I should short this stock have gotten so much stronger. This is very tempting. James Choi

To: F The who wrote (6319)	6/17/1998 1:11:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

i own cmb jan 55 puts as i think they melt down eventually for the same reason. also, the derivatives may work to the down side, too :-) hey, they are fairing better than amzn on steroids. simply amazing. if people can make money this easily and keep it then what can you say? $5 a day? every day? i'm thinking about buying some short term calls to protect my long term puts!

To: F The who wrote (6319)	6/17/1998 6:56:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I am thinking about buying put options on CCI (affraid of shorting due to merging with TRV, and have bad experience with AMZN.) You know Citibank is very big in Asia. We are not talking about they are losing business because one may argue that it is too small to affect its earning. But, they are losing their capitals because of the default loans which sooner or later big losses have to be realized. I am lacking of research, and would like confirmation. Let me do some research over the weekend. I am a Chinese born and grew up in Indonesia, and came to study and decided to stay here. There is a lot I could learm from you. I may start asking soon<G> Glenn