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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: space cadet who wrote (12045)	7/27/1998 3:36:00 PM
From: virgil vancleave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

anyone thought of doing a covered put. ie sell short and then sell the put for the premium. this is not done very much, but is legal and much like doing a covered call. only, i seem to think there is more protection here since the downside is far greater than the upside. just my 2 cents worth.

To: space cadet who wrote (12045)	7/28/1998 1:17:00 AM
From: Mark L.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18691

"Supposedly the evil empire itself is considering coming out with a "portal" web site sometime. All I have heard about this is vague rumors but if msft really does develop a search engine site then I think yahoo would go down for a sizable hit, kind of like what is happening with real networks right now." The first rumors of Microsoft's search engine appeared in the fall of 1997. Then they became specific, including the name of Microsoft's partner, how the search engine would integrate into MSN, and an unveiling date of January. Then Microsoft's Justice Department problems arose about crushing the competition. Not surprisingly there have been no further rumors or announcements about the search engine.