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Strategies & Market Trends : Trader J's Inner Circle -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Poet who wrote (9816)	2/24/1999 11:09:00 AM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 56535

POET..Jon K... How would you like to be able to "short" a stock where you didn't have to worry about a short squeeze, didn't have to 'borrow' the stock, and could short even on a down-tick ??? Sound good ?? They're called SPYDR's and they trade on the AMEX DIA = Dow diamonds = the dow 30 in one stock SPY = S&P 500 MDY = S&P Mid-Cap 400 Q = NASDAQ 100 ...coming mid-march XLB = Basic industry (56 stocks)DD/MTC/DOW/IP/AA XLV = Consumer Services(47 stocks)TWX/DIS/MCD/CCL/UMG XLP = Consumer Staples(69 stocks)MRK/KO/PFE/BMY/MO XLY = Cyclicals/Transports(68 stocks)WMT/HD/F/GM XLE = Energy(31 stocks)XON/RD/CHV/SLB/TX XLF = Financial(71 stocks)AIG/C/BAC/FNM/WFC XLI = Industrial(35 stocks)GE/TYC/MMM/EMR/ALD XLK = Technology(82 stocks)MSFT/INTC/IBM/CSCO/LU XLU = Utilities(41 stocks)SBC/BLS/BEL/GTE/AIT The XLE..XLK..XLU seem to have enough liquidity to be of interest at the moment. ------------------------------------------------------------------ I also did a fairly complete job of reviewing the various options available in the on-line broker arena... for trades up to 5000 shs Brown & CO is cheapest @ $5.00 for market orders and $10.00 for limits for trades any amount over 5000 shs NDB has $14.95 for market orders and $19.95 for limit Over 5000 shares for 'listed' stocks with either broker will be the 'base rate' plus 0.01 per share.. E-trade is probably worth opening an account just for the potential for IPOs Jim in CT..bored on a slow day..