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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (30086)	12/16/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Respond to of 164684

> buy calls and upgrade before expiration? It's the oldest con in the brokerage "book". You don't often see the opposite- ie buy puts and then lower estimates, since that tends to attract lawsuits from companies and investors. The shorts don't have much sympathy in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the average investors, so the brokerages pick the path of least resistance. That's why roughly 98% of all brokerage recommendations are historically "BUY"

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (30086)	12/16/1998 12:14:00 PM
From: tonyt	Respond to of 164684

>is it supposed to be this easy? buy calls and upgrade before expiration? The only thing that could be better would be to sell the calls, buy puts, and get a downgrade tomorrow!!! Reminds me of the old song by King Crimson -- Easy Money!