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To: Teresa Lo who wrote (1009)	6/19/1999 12:30:00 AM
From: JavaAdict	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 18137

OK, I have an case in need of explanation. On another thread, was suggested to short a ticker, GCDV. If you care to take the time, I have pasted the posts here. If what they are saying is true, about the company having no real business or financial foundation, what is holding the stock up? And today, it had a significant dip, and then went right back up again. I don't get it. And, if the info is true, what, statistically, would be the time period before it drops? What factors play here? (this over on Temp. Home of Cooperative Trading) GCDV, some rather interesting info posted over on the RB boards. Looks like a #256, BG Smith, Jun 18 1999 10:09AM techstocks.com #255, Joe Copia, Jun 18 1999 10:04AM Also, last week, a poster "Pluvia" came up with "great" info on SBTK and quite a few shorted along with her. It ended up a great call. However, one possibility was a trading freeze on the stock for an SEC investigation. If a person is short on the stock, how does a freeze affect their buying power, and is it a given that once the freeze is lifted (if), then they are back to a need to cover at SOME point? What statistically are the odds of a freeze being lifted, and the stock shooting back up? And, while this is 101 questions :), I know that more quarterly reports are going to be coming out, and I have the wonderful tool on my Platinum E*trade (everyone cheer), of streaming newswire for any newsreleases. Last month, I observed what seemed like too many ironies. Great growth in gross and net, and stock goes down. Bad report, stock goes up. 1) What sort of ratio/comparison is there between EPS and actual price of the stock? What should I look for? 2) What does the P/E ratio have to do with stock value? 3) Should the greater notice be on net income, or the bigger picture of overall revenue? 4) What types of company actions (ie. mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, etc.) should be taken note of? I this dreadful feeling that I am going to get referred to a book..... :) thanks, Chad