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Worldcom/Wcom

An SI Board Since December 1996

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Emcee: JB	Type: Unmoderated

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Does anyone know the reason for the massive speculation in stock options? Especially the
Jan 25 and Jan 27 1/2 calls? It looks like the beginning of take over speculation. This
week option volitility has gone from 30 to 60 without any significant move in the stock.
Every order sent to the trading floor has been a buyer of calls. What are the chances
that somebody would bid for worldcom before they conclude their merger with mfs?

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26	Guys; There is a different thread with more participants on WCOM. Search for	Mark	-	5/6/1997
25	Looks as if SI lost the past few months of posting - hopefully a temporary glit	Tony D.	-	5/5/1997
24	I am curious why there is no action on this board. The equivalent spot on AOL i	jim black	-	5/5/1997
23	What difference does it make. According to Zacks, JC Bradford & Co. issued	David Klein	-	1/26/1997
22	JB I read about a month ago of some interest in WCOM by the baby bells. I hav	joyce vuocolo	-	1/25/1997
20	Buyout or no Buyout they still have the fever of wcom options, today they pucha	JB	-	12/27/1996
19	Boris, It seems like they also raised the estimates for fiscal 97 and 98. Mayb	Nasty P	-	12/23/1996
18	Buyout or no buyout, Solomon Brothers was singing psalms about this stock, putt	Boris Maleshev	-	12/23/1996
17	I don't get it. Everybody is talking of buyout but the stock is going down	Bruce R. Schlake	-	12/21/1996
16	If the huge Jan25c volume is in fact a bet on an imminent takeover, it seems to	Filippo Zucchi	-	12/21/1996
15	Tax selling the stock and replacing with long calls or short puts would would o	JB	-	12/19/1996
14	I see heavy buy calling and put selling for January contracts. Couldn't th	M.A. Miller	-	12/19/1996
13	Any reason for the sell-off today? I don't know the company well. However	David Tang	-	12/19/1996
12	The shorts are quite probably an arbitrage play related to the MFS deal (long M	Ted Stevenson	-	12/18/1996
11	CHICAGO, Dec 18 (Reuter) - Options on shares of Worldcom Inc were active for a	Hunter Vann	-	12/18/1996
10	why WCOM is always traded, regardless the movement of the price?	Li Cai	-	12/18/1996
9	I believe the short in wcom is an arbitrage against long MFST which will free u	JB	-	12/18/1996
8	TED, Your reasoning is wise and well seasoned . I would like,if possible ,your	Skier8	-	12/18/1996
7	You are correct purchase of MFS options would be the way to go. The volume is t	george m. miller	-	12/18/1996
6	i am a options market maker in wcom on the floor of the pacific stock exchange.	JB	-	12/17/1996
5	I was under the impression that it was the common platform billing and their sy	HVN	-	12/17/1996
4	Ted, The numbers on Jan25 calls last listed were not at the close as indicated	craig luplow	-	12/17/1996
3	There is a lot of interest in Jan. 25 calls, but the numbers I downloaded (fro	Ted Stevenson	-	12/16/1996
2	Why are there so many Jan 25 calls?(6,322 today with open interest of 10,315	craig luplow	-	12/16/1996
1	My viewpoint is that the merger with MFS might make Worldcom an even more attra	Ted Stevenson	-	12/13/1996

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