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To: wily who wrote (7578)	9/29/1998 6:08:00 PM
From: wily	Respond to of 93625

More about hedge funds: Hedge funds began experiencing an investor backlash yesterday as reports emerged that financing costs had soared by more than 200 basis points in the wake of the unprecedented bailout last week of the giant Long Term Capital Management Full article: scmp.com They may not be so dangerous to the market, since they can be long as well as short, and as in the example of the Hang Sang in the article, their unwinding can cause upsurges as well as down. I wonder why this isn't mentioned... I guess the main focus of the article is the reaction of the banks. Also, like Tiger Paw's suggestion yesterday siliconinvestor.com maybe regulators are encouraging hedge funds to liquidate their short positions rather than their longs. All idle and irresponsible speculation (me, not the funds)... wily