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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks

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To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (3119)2/18/1998 12:24:00 AM
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To the thread:

HEPH (Closed 2/17 at 17 11/16)

This gem ought to make a dandy short some day, though I am told it is not marginable yet (haven't confirmed that). Although it doesn't have any profits, sales, approved drugs, drugs in trial, or patents on drugs (not 100% sure about the latter point) its stock has gone up 70% in the last three weeks partly on the strength of a really cool press release with all sorts of buzzwords including talk about drug "platforms":

quicken.excite.com

The NY Times profiled the CEO, a real CONfidence builder:

search.nytimes.com

If you are interested in following the story as it unfolds, the HEPH thread can be found at:

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