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To: umbro who wrote (8884)	7/5/1998 1:25:00 PM
From: IMPRISTlNE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

OTOTOTOT....sort of.... techweb.com

To: umbro who wrote (8884)	7/5/1998 6:13:00 PM
From: Sanzen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Looking at AMZN's insider's sales, it would seem that their "window" begins roughly 2 weeks after earnings come out, and lasts for about a month. So, I'd say if there's any selling pressure, expect to see it in early to mid. August. My former employer, a network company, imposes a blank-out period during which insiders can't sell. The blankout period is lifted for a while after earning report every quarter. This is not required by SEC, just a precaution to avoid inside trading allegations. I imagine this is a common practice. It would be interesting to see if there will be more insider selling after AMZN reports.

To: umbro who wrote (8884)	7/5/1998 6:39:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Respond to of 164684

Gary, thanks for the info on insider sales "window". I've wondered about this. Looking at AMZN's insider's sales, it would seem that their "window" begins roughly 2 weeks after earnings come out, and lasts for about a month. So, I'd say if there's any selling pressure, expect to see it in early to mid. August. If someone as astute as Michael Dell sold 2,200 shares already, then I would bet that any AMZN insider who can't dump yet due to time window restrictions is probably barely able to sleep at night, hoping that this balloon stays inflated. We should keep in mind that for most insiders, they only have to "exercise" at an extremely low price options that were given to them.....so it's all one very gargantuan "bonus check". There is no doubt in my mind that we're going to see quite a pick-up in insider sales, which if the general market cooperates, will come at the same time when the general stock and tech stock market is also correcting from these inflated prices. Michael Metz was just quoted in a Yahoo article as saying he was "puzzled" as to why investors seem to care less about anemic 2nd qtr earnings, when he says the "odds are" that anemic earnings will persist through the 2nd half of 1998. He added that the stock market was priced "to perfection" expecting good improvement in corporate profits thru 1999. It's on the Sunday Yahoo Financial newswire.