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To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/4/1999 5:42:00 PM
From: freeus	Respond to of 176387

re maybe after all is said and done it will not matter It wont. But today was the culmination of an ugly breadth in the market for some time. Its not caused by S.I. at all. Freeus

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/4/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: Voltaire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Hey Frank, Like they say just because you are paranoid does not mean someone is not after you. I really get a kick out of your posts. You are one in a million. Like I have said before, THE HOUSES WANT TO SCARE YOU NOT PANIC YOU! Voltaire

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/4/1999 6:24:00 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

<<< What happened today is just plain bullshit .The Nasdaq dropping by one of the largest point day's in its history is very suspect to say the least>>> Very suspect I agree. I intend to ask Voltaire about that. Calls seemed to be bought on both the morning and end dips( See msft), as though someone knew this dip was coming. IMO there does seem to be some control over Dell price in certain options week. But even "their" best efforts will fail if Dell blows away earnings on the 16 th before expiry. As far as talking on the thread, could only have a short term effect, as there is no stopping Dell.If company performs the stock will go up, either sooner or later. And some traders like volatility(g) Regards Sig

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/4/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Lee Martin	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 176387

Frank, I'm not too worried about today. I think the big boys are just "burping" the weak investors. The market puked up all the tech bellwhethers today so market makers have a huge inventory now to get rid of. What do they do tomorrow? Huge rally! They bought 'em cheap today, they'll run 'em up tomorrow, and make $$ coming and going. Volatility whipsaws us little guys that try to trade it, but is great for the MM's who control the market. This should scare some of the newsletter writers and reduce % bullishness and increase bearishness next week which will be good news. Maybe we should start our own bearish newsletters so we can do our part to get to DOW 10k. Regards,Lee

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/4/1999 7:44:00 PM
From: Jim Bautch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Frank, I hate to be frank, but.... The only thing bullshit about the NASDAQ and the stocks you mentioned is their grossly over valued prices and the recent ridiculous run-up. You may not see the stock price levels of the past few weeks for months or years to come. Today should have been expected. Better yet, expect more in the weeks and months to follow. I suggest you wake up and look at reality. Just some advice and all in my opinion only. Tico

To: Frank Ellis Morris who wrote (94895)	2/5/1999 11:11:00 PM
From: BGR	Respond to of 176387

Frank, I was thinking about your post and this is what I came up with: The SI DELL thread probably has 100 regular posters, whose average holdings in DELL (not net worth) is perhaps somewhere in the 6 figures. With WBM tilting the averages, let's make the average holdings a cool 1 million. For each poster let's say there are 10 lurkers with similar portfolio and general attitude towards the stock. So in all, the thread controls $1 billion in DELL equity at best. Which is less than 1% of DELL's market cap. And most of the threaders buy-and-hold anyway and trade very little. From this I conclude that your broker friend was either pulling your leg or is using a completely useless metric in judging market sentiment wrt a particular stock. In fact, limit orders and open option positions will be a much better metric I think. I would not be paranoid about publishing my trading strategies in SI. -Apratim.