To: pprincesss who wrote (5228 ) 2/24/2001 9:08:37 PM From: Jenna Respond to of 6445 Holding a small position? Every stock out there is potential short bait. Princess, we are professional traders who make money from certain market conditions that set up good trades on the long side and short side. As for us, we measure success by the judgment by our peers in the industry and subscribers alike.. In increasing sales, subscribership, satisfaction expressed by increasing renewals, expansion, and our own email. We expand worldwide because of a simple thing called SUPPLY and DEMAND. And we will continue filling that demand and growing with it. I saw valuable stocks in the last 6 months and where they are now. According to economic valuation BEAS has a Value of $10.25 per share and still with a triple digit p/e. Does CIEN have value with a triple digit p/e? How high is the PEG? How much Return on Equity do you think you can get in CIEN in the next six months? Isn't value for you, the return on equity as at least one criteria? How about MOT, that used to have value but not it has a GRT of 5 % per year. How is that value translated for your bottom line? 5% a year? That is not value for me. For me squeezing 20% more out of a trade or 15% out of a swing trade in another sector is VALUE. We are looking to profit from beaten down stocks first, this is NOT THE TIME TO INVEST IN VALUE.. When the time is right, I'll tread carefully and yes, it will be proven growth companies. It is premature now to look for value because if there is indeed a change in the economy, the "valuable" stocks will move down once again and until I get any degree of certitude, we follow where the profit lies and not wax sentimental about "value". Value has become a cliche already. Did we move from P/E now to value as another fad topic of discussion? We like other sectors we're just not crazy about going long in techs till the fog lifts. And we don't hold real junk, we leave that to others.