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Shorting SPY for fun and profit.

An SI Board Since November 1997

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21	Robert, Do you know of any other issues similar to SPY and MCY, that trade on t	Esteban	-	11/3/1997
20	Bonnie's link with the Fed model really helped to quantify for me what I ha	studdog	-	11/3/1997
19	Yup, its MDY, my mistake. Thanks for the correction. Karl	studdog	-	11/3/1997
18	Bonnie You are absolutely correct about that as I learned last week. limit ord	studdog	-	11/3/1997
17	Karl: the volatility in SPY is huge, greater than two points a day, and can be	Bonnie Bear	-	11/3/1997
16	Bonnie: Awesome link. My attempt at distilation: Fair value of S&P 500 =	studdog	-	11/2/1997
15	I believe MDY is the AMEX symbol for the mid cap spider. MCY is Mercury Genera	TRINDY	-	11/2/1997
14	Karl: re overvaluation: yardeni.com	Bonnie Bear	-	11/2/1997
13	Does anyone have any thoughts about the relative overvalue of the S&P 500 v	studdog	-	11/2/1997
12	<<<To: Karl C. Wenner (8 ) From: Esteban	studdog	-	11/2/1997
11	Karl, SPY's sound like the superior vehicle for trading indices compared to	Esteban	-	11/2/1997
10	Tom, My feeling is the portfolio protection you are hoping for is absolute onl	Esteban	-	11/2/1997
9	if you short spy's or the s&p futures, you will essentially track the l	tom pope	-	11/2/1997
8	Good choices Esteban, especially amat, wdc and orcl. SPY's are Amex traded	studdog	-	11/2/1997
7	SPY is useful for hedging most stocks during indiscriminate selloffs. PTB	P.T.Burnem	-	11/1/1997
6	Tom and all, Has anyone concluded which is the lowest cost method of reducing	Esteban	-	11/1/1997
5	Karl, I like your idea, been picking up selected techs. So far AMAT QCOM SGI,	Esteban	-	11/1/1997
4	I also don't want to risk hedging by shorting individual stocks as they can	studdog	-	11/1/1997
3	I share the concern's both of you brought up. I am going to use call and	Lieb Kudysch	-	11/1/1997
2	timely question - i've been thinking for some time of an intermarket hedge,	tom pope	-	11/1/1997
1	Since I feel pretty safe with an essentially flat portfolio,(almost like being	studdog	-	11/1/1997

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