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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1997 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (7183)	11/18/1997 10:03:00 PM
From: Joss	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9285

Hi Roger, Yahoo seems broken tonight, try: ebn.co.uk Steve

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (7183)	11/18/1997 11:14:00 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9285

Only snippets of the articles because this is a paid service and I don't think it's fair to reprint them for free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Stories: 3Com Faces Growing Threat from Intel By Kevin Petrie Staff Reporter 11/11/97 7:34 PM ET Competition is mounting once again between Intel (INTC:Nasdaq) and 3Com (COMS:Nasdaq) in the business of low-end computer connections. So much for peace of mind. Intel had soothed investors in early September when it shied away from starting another price battle with 3Com. But that may have been a head fake. archive.thestreet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Stories: 3Com's Big Factory in Singapore Raises Concerns By Kevin Petrie Staff Reporter 10/29/97 9:41 AM ET Investors searching for linkages between networkers and Asia are turning their scopes on 3Com (COMS:Nasdaq), which is extending a bold bridge into the region. In January a new 3Com factory in Singapore will start producing modems and network-interface cards (NICs) for sales outlets across the Pacific Rim. In late 1998 or early 1999 it will add higher-end network components to the lineup. thestreet.com

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (7183)	11/19/1997 8:57:00 AM
From: Staff	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9285

Roger... I like US banks right now for a short sale but I also thing the brokerage sector is highly over valued and cannot sustain present growth and profitability. It could be very vunrable in here Food for thought via Japans dive last night "Yamaichi, the smallest of Japan's ''Big Four'' brokerages, became the top percentage loser on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, initiating a hefty slide in the market's benchmark Nikkei average of 225 leading shares. The Yamaichi shares, which had been falling since the opening in heavy trading volume, hit their limit low of 58 yen for the first time ever in the afternoon and repeatedly touched that level. They closed the session at 65 yen, down nearly 40 percent from Tuesday's close of 108"