Hi Bob again; I Read it , & it makes sence..saw a lot of the big boys slow down today..one reason I took to smaller caps , but with some book value. I mentioned VUPDA..also took on MOOV..I see both of them joined at the hip, ( they are not REITS but do own a lot of real estate) ..so if a store don't go..heck sell the property to another jerk. I did good with HECHA, ( but sold to soon ) I seem to have the habit of selling my winners to soon. :-( Haven't done bad picking out of favor stocks that rebound but I don't hold em long enough. Jim PS I took a small position in GOLD as a hedge, using ECO..she is out of favor at the time..but she will be back, particularly if the the bonds sell off, and the market corrects. -------------------------------------------- It's hard to make money Shorting, the Brokerage houses hold all all the aces, ( they short on the top and can arrange it ) often they short to the Johnnies come late shorters who are covering. stockdetective.com forbes.com the frist one leaves out how buy stops are picked off, the second one implies it only happens on the Nasdaq, but the same stuff happens on the NYSE,,it's just by proxy, and the brokerage houses funtion as un-official market makers useing progam trading as well as other scams. Jim |