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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: accountclosed who wrote (21511)	4/12/1999 7:54:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

A year and a half ago, when I was trying to figure out what a call and a put were, Jules Garfunkel explained to me exactly how IBM was spinning their numbers. And it made perfect sense. I bought some puts..and they came out with their earnings, and damned if everyone didn't completely ignore all the things that Jules had explained to me so carefully. I was flabbergasted. All his logic and knowledge meant NOTHING to these people. THey laughed in his face. It was my first exposure to what is now omnipresent in this market--the willingness to ignore facts, common sense, and good old-fashioned value. My mother would have died before she bought something on promises and credit, which in a way is what everyone is doing. So I have no confidence that this time will be any different-- I just keep hoping.