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To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (3468)	7/12/1998 4:34:00 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

It's me again. Don't get annoyed at me, but have you ever tried to look at a basket of issues or an index in this way, including not only the index options, but also the equity options? Just curious. Probably a tall order. Do you think it would be interesting?

To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (3468)	7/12/1998 9:22:00 PM
From: j g cordes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8218

IBM will find difficulty holding on, along with the rest if this gets too confusing... "...World financial markets have been on hold for the past week since opinion surveys pointed to a tough electoral fight which could lead to Hashimoto stepping down, throwing into disarray efforts to drag Japan and Asia out of economic crisis. "I don't think this result is a positive scenario for markets. Uncertainty is a bad thing and right now there is too much uncertainty," said Ron Bevacqua, an economist at Merrill Lynch in Tokyo. Market watchers said they feared the yen would weaken and Tokyo, and possibly other world stock markets, would lose ground when trading resumed on Monday after the weekend break." Asia redo... with European banks and a number of techs seeing their wall of worry go from 30 degrees to vertical. The interesting scenario plays into an interesting expiration week with markets at all time highs... look for bonds to get fat and some stocks to falter. Jim

To: Ben Antanaitis who wrote (3468)	7/19/1998 10:23:00 AM
From: Ben Antanaitis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 8218

The Max-Pain July'98 finalized Max-Pain options analysis graphs are available for viewing. All but 417 (~0.7%) of the July'98 put contracts went out worthless as the stock price rose during the week to close at $120 3/16. The July'98 covered call writers will be feeling the pain this month. Earnings report months seem to be too volatile for Max-Pain to be a good indicator at these times. Ben A. ez-pnf.com PS Aug'98 Max-Pain graphs to be posted next Saturday.