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From: cline@dartvax.UUCP (Greg Cline)
Newsgroups: net.invest
Subject: options for beginners
Message-ID: <2782@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 21:39:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 21:39:12 1985
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I'd appreciate any hints and/or advice about getting into options.  While 
Tucker Anthony and other firms try to convince the investor that 
options can be relatively safe, I'm not sure I buy it.  Is it better to 
using options speculatively or safely (i.e. covered calls)?  What 
methods should the beginner attempt (straddles, hedges)?  And what
about those special opportunites, like when DEC or Data General 
stock crashes-- can one profit using options?  Post to net if 
this is of general interest to investors.
              

Greg Cline
Graduate Computer and Information Science
Dartmouth College
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