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To: Mark Z who wrote (10522)	6/23/1998 11:10:00 AM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

FORMF in a solid uptrend since Monday reports tomorrow. Looks like a nice one here... BBBY was a buy yesterday still uptrending towards their earnings date. TEK now in position for tomorrow's report. I played TEK 2 quarters ago and missed it last quarter when it did very nicely. Please run this through your TA.. By the way the reason I like earnings plays on UP days is simply because the trend will last longer than the other stocks. Anticipation can carry a stock through 1-3 days of price increase even after techs and others fizzled. (note the price movement of CCL, LEN, KBH since the analyst upgrade last week) When anticipation moves the stock up obviously the actual earnings report will propel the stock even higher, when the report is good. Note the movement of stocks like BEAV before, during and after earnings. Again this is not always the case. INTS had a nice report and proceeded to decrease the next morning, although even that is in a steady upward trend for the second day. This is why I would not hold questionable stocks through earnings. Best thing is know your stocks patterns. After trading CCL, LEN, KBH through about 3 or 4 earnings season I find them safer bets than the JBL, ORCL and COMS.. plays... Remember the small the company the worse it can tank on a missed quarter by even one cent. Most of the stocks are 'repeat' performers like in the case of LEH, COST etc. When in doubt SELL and take your profit. You can always get back a winner after it pulls back a bit. ERTS keeps coming back for more gains as do other 'street beaters'..

To: Mark Z who wrote (10522)	6/23/1998 11:25:00 AM
From: Jenna	Respond to of 120523

Mark Z welcome to the thread.... RMBS was a combined effort of threaders to post timely information and I thank them for it. I got out of RMBS at 9 3/4 and the price is now 10 3/8 by 11 1/8 but I can't complain.. Buying those puts looks like a smart move.. I might follow you on that one.. It's not that much to risk and the obvious rewards are there. So far I've not fared well with my put buys, so I keep them at a minimum. I also have not fared with with my INTC calls which I sold at a 5/8 loss only to watch INTC climb over 4 points since then. I find that in general tech options calls/puts (although I love them) are harder for me to anticipate than options in retail, consumer cyclicals, financial etc. Although I usually get in later on my tech stocks options than most, when technology stocks regain leadership there is usually enough profits left in the sector. TLAB is one tech stock I follow closely and it was on my watch list a few days ago. I like the plays those couple of dozen that I "know" best.