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To: brk who wrote (29575)	4/13/1999 1:02:00 AM
From: Deeber	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

I use Ameritrade and E-Trade, and I like them both. Ameritrade is great for shorts, they have a ton of shares to borrow. They have imporved a ton and are very fast these days.

To: brk who wrote (29575)	4/13/1999 9:19:00 AM
From: J.Y. Wang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

<AMTD> #1 rule in customer relations: Dissatisfied customers will tell 10 people and satisfied customers might tell 1. #1 rule in customer relations on the internet: Dissatisfied customers will tell 100 people and satisfied customers shut up. It's the vocal minority. AMTD has a massive advertising campaign and are probably attracting a lot of new clients. BTW, I think their advertisements are deceptive and I would not be surprised at all if they face class action lawsuits when (not if) the market tanks.

To: brk who wrote (29575)	4/13/1999 9:28:00 AM
From: If only I'd held	Respond to of 122087

Because it is one of the all-time great short squeezes. Look at the short interest in both EGRP and AMTD. Back in December, an analyst came out and warned that AMTD would not meet their earnings forecast. Naturally a new swarm of shorts hit it and the stock dropped about 2 points. Still way overvalued, Ricketts came out a few days later and said that they would deliver earnings and basically that the analyst did not know what he was talking about. Of course, this caught shorts off guard as the stock quickly ran up on the heels of EGRP. Nothing has changed at AMTD. Their trading system is most likely crashing on a regular basis, and they are spending all their money on advertising to keep new customers coming in to replace theones, such as myself who have fired them. It is an AMZN phenomenon as far as I can tell. I also beleive it was orchestrated. That is all just my opinion though.