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To: BigTex who wrote (6500)	8/26/1999 12:18:00 AM
From: Mr Metals	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19297

geocities.com Wednesday Night, August 25, 1999: It's been awhile. There was the Kosovo project (a satisfying bit of work), and then a trip to Central America, and then cutting a way through the jungle of high tech to figure out how to get to this site after the Yahoo-Geocities merger. Then plans for Her Majesty's retirement. But we'll get to that later. Right now, as all of you know, it's Pokemon Stock week, not at all meaning to imply the Pokemon craze is going to be short-lived. We don't think it is, feeling pretty certain it will go through Christmas. The question is which of the "Pokemon stocks" will do well, which haven't already run too much, and which are really genuine. The answer is.... well, you guessed it. We don't have it. All we can do is chew on it all. "Ya Gotta Catch 'Em All" That's what seven-year old Bryndan's Pokemon t-shirt says, and Baddog thinks it might turn out to be true in order to play max on the Pokemon stocks. Until this afternoon, we considered six stocks to be Pokemon stocks: KIDE GRIN TOPP TMAX DVUI SYCD As of early evening, here are Baddog's feelings on each: KIDE - probably the best of them, to be sure, but pretty expensive at around $65/share. KIDE is due for a 2 for 1 split. We were in at 20 and sold at 51 and won't re-enter unless it dips below 60. But if we WERE still in, that would be okay too. We feel good about KIDE. But then, as our friend Dusty says, "WDIK!" GRIN - This one has run and run and run. We are very embarrassed to tell you that we got in at 7-something and sold a little under 9. GRIN closed today at 23 1/16 (up another 50 percent). We did not believe it could escape a pullback. Just one more reason you should never listen to us. TOPP - This is the company that makes the trading cards, and it's the one Baddog is banking on because we are having to BUY the trading cards, and we see what's happening with them in the elementary schools. The company's solid (NASDAQ) even before reporting earnings from Pokemon. Financials will be out soon, but it didn't move much today, closing somewhere between 10 and 11 dollars a share. TMAX - This is the one we SHOULD have bought today and meant to, but it got away from us the instant the bell rang. Up 34 percent to close at 13 7/8. DVUI - We bought into DVUI at 1.25, sold at 2.20, watched it edge up to 2.50, then drop back close to our sell price. We have no idea what to expect from it tomorrow, but because we're sour on OTC stocks, we are not likely to buy in again, though we are thankful for the gain here. SYCD - This is the other OTC Pokemon stock. It scared us, closing yesterday at 1.06, so we passed on buying, and it zoomed up 125 percent to close at 2 3/8. Yet another reason to never listen to a word we say. So those are the six. Baddog suggests you watch them carefully. But now we are hearing about three more: GBFE (Golden Books), PDSE, and DISK. We have a little GBFE left over from the plummet a few months back but have not kept up with it. We don't, as of this writing, know anything about the other two, which do not appear to have boards on S.I. Someone had requested a PDSE board on Raging Bull earlier, and it might be thereby now. GBFE closed today at 0.38 (up 95 percent). PDSE closed at 6 15/16 (up 29 percent). DISK (Image Entertainment) closed up 10 percent at 5 1/2. We are going to try to find out something about at least PDSE, which is being talked about a lot, before morning. Right now we confess to total ignorance. A reminder that while tech stocks are up (Did you notice the last-hour rally?), blue chips are still down some, so you may find a good buy or two with the steady fellows. But for tonight, we'll close with just the Pokemon lists. Good luck to all of you. Good luck to Baddog and her TOPP. ______________________________________ Woof!