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Given that T, and WCOM have decided to create & distribute tracking stocks
down the road, 
which strategy (i.e. buy equity or buy leaps) is preferred ? What are the
advantages/disadvantages of each ?

Thanks in advance.

Marshall M. Liu


-----Original Message-----
From: Wong [mailto:whs@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 2:06 PM
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Metastock User Group
Subject: Re: New positions


Hi Guy:

Thanks for your various posts.

Since you're buying some of the stocks - T, Fon and Wcom for long term
basis (next 2-3 years), have you considered buying some Jan2003 leaps?  (By
July or so next year, you can buy Jan2004 leaps.)


Right now I'm looking at buying some Jan2003 leaps on T.

You can get quotes on options including leaps at the Dreyfus website:
http://www.edreyfus.com/cgi-bin/dbsclient?TYPE=F3&TAG=01QUOTEquote




Regards,

Wong






At 10:45 AM 11/7/00 -0800, Guy Tann wrote:
>List,
>
>Well I should have bought CSCO down $5 when I sent my post last night.
>
>I did buy PMCS this morning down a bunch.
>
>We have also started buying T, FON and WCOM to put away for the next 2 or 3
>years.  A friend of my brother who runs a hedge fund thinks this should be
a
>good trade.  I really haven't done much analysis here, but I've always like
>WCOM on the cheap.
>
>Our "long-term" trades of TSM and MU are doing well.  Of course we did buy
>more TSM when it was between $17.50 and $18.50. :)
>
>Guy
>
>"Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress...
>But I repeat myself."
>-- Mark Twain
>
>
>