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Microcap & Penny Stocks : ABTX - Agribiotech

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To: The Ox who wrote (7394)2/4/1999 7:45:00 AM
From: Anaxagoras  Read Replies (1) of 8359
 
Hi Michael,

I would add a comment or two.

<<...explain why you believe ABTX is in the "safe short" category?>>

Top line growth in a rollup has two components, interior and exterior, if you will. Once the acquisition party is over, exterior growth goes "poof!". As to interior growth, it sounds like that will actually stabilize and decrease somewhat in the near future (based on the most recent CC, although margins will allegedly improve). Shareholders aren't gonna like that for what was supposed to be a growth story. The sexy phase is over; now you have hard work ahead which requires a different set of skills, and it is yet to be seen whether this company has the management on board to do so; I have serious doubts, myself. So the sizzle is gone for the near term; now there's just a potentially very long period before research and other aspects pan out. There's a lot of "show me" time ahead.

<<......BTW is marginable a word? <g>>>
Yes.
And it's a common misunderstanding that stocks under $5.00 can't be shorted; they can, and I've done it.

All IMHO.

Good luck,
Anaxagoras
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