Short VMWare and Buy IBM - Steve Patterson

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Short VMWare and Buy IBM
Jul 25, 2008 02:43 AM UTC

Steve Patterson

Return	Risk
-16.53%	MID

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Symbol	Sentiment	Start	Return	Closed
VMW		07/25/08	-22.10%	--
IBM		07/25/08	-1.26%	--

Via FastSwings.com - Steve Patterson:

A technology trade that will be somewhat market neutral is
the combination of shorting VMWare (VMW) and being long International Business
Machines (IBM). If the market stays in a trading pattern you will be able to
profit on both the long and the short side of this trade.

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spadar

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1 point commented 471 days ago reply

I think that they compare two absolutely different things...

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