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Strategies & Market Trends : Steve's Channelling Thread

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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (22330)7/31/2001 8:28:09 PM
From: puborectalis  Read Replies (1) of 30051
 
Selling With `Buy' Rating

Unger said 16 of the 57 analysts reviewed, or 28 percent, had pre-IPO holdings in companies their firms took public. Those analysts all gave positive recommendations to the stocks after their IPOs, the SEC study found.

The SEC report said three analysts made profits of $100,000 to $3.5 million by selling securities while they were telling investors to buy. One analyst sold securities ``short'' -- a way to profit when a stock falls -- while maintaining a buy recommendation.

``It's possible they violated not only their firms' policies, but also federal securities laws,'' Unger said.....http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?ptitle=Top%20Financial%20News&s1=blk&tp=ad_topright_topfin&refer=topfin&T=markets_bfgcgi_content99.ht&s2=blk&bt=ad_position1_topfin&middle=ad_frame2_topfin&s=AO2c0HRUqQW5hbHlz&ao=5725633
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