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To: unclewest who wrote (20879)	5/26/1999 5:44:00 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Unclewest.. Again sorry to disagree, but that move you referenced had died recently and IBM was taking the Techs and the overall market down with it. quote.yahoo.com Today's move I think was related to pre-split buying.. more than anything else. The split (IBM) is going through a 2 for 1 stock split effective Thursday, May 27 , 1999. ) may be the real reason for the run-up today.. But we should know by Friday whether this rebound was for real. regards don

To: unclewest who wrote (20879)	5/26/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: TST	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

What do you think of this. You are an institutional investor. You take a big position in Rambus. Now you wish to develop a win-win situation vis-a-via your position. So you short, you short maybe a 1\3 your long position maybe more. Others do the same. Now your in position to make money either way, but the main bet is long. If the stock falls your somewhat covered. But, if it doesn't your short position & that of others moves to cover & that in turn drives up the share price; enough even to absorb the loss on the short position you had to cover. Institutional investment has increased quite a lot & at the same time so has the short now at 6.1M, a full 1\3 of the outstanding shares. Interesting situation isn't it.