dude ..... re==> "....the destruction of the stock values a well prove form of inducing business confidence?..." just two words that cause more more damage than any "short" can ever hope to do ....... ......ENRON ......WCOM i'm sure others can pop in a few hundred other words ..... and "short" wont even rank in the top 500 ..... but lets keep this brief ....... and now ...... back to our regular programing ...... :-P good luck trading ..... cya david