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Originally posted by heshy@Oct 4 2003, 07:30 AM

Serge---your cash should be INVESTED. Your losing cash being on the sidelines.

thank you for your FREE advice,
I really need it!

you are a student of math,
let's play the math.

if you lost 20% of your position,
the stock should go up 25% for you to break even

if you lost 40% of your position,
the stock should go up 66% for you to break even

...and if one makes 1% a year on 100,000,000 in money market with ZERO chance to lose money,
who will come up ahead over the life time, assuming you started with 100,000 and enjoy 30% a year returns with 25% chance to get nailed 30%?

do you need to borrow my calculator or math book course for the correct answer?
;-)