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Strategies & Market Trends : BOSTON MARKET (BOST) OVERVALUED AND UNORTHODOX ACCOUNTING! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Candle stick who wrote (35)	12/3/1997 4:17:00 PM
From: Jon Klaus	Respond to of 53

Re: Tax loss selling That is my theory as well, although I am thinking of buying in the last couple trading days of December. Why would you buy in the 3rd week in December? Won't some of the tax selling occur at the very last of the year? Thanks JonK

To: Candle stick who wrote (35)	12/4/1997 12:48:00 AM
From: RUILIN ZHAO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53

I don't quite understand about this tax strategy. If they lost some money from BOST, why don't they hold it, there may be a rebound next year, who knows?

To: Candle stick who wrote (35)	12/8/1997 11:43:00 PM
From: Ben Geh	Respond to of 53

Is the tax-loss selling over or has it not started yet? (EOM)

To: Candle stick who wrote (35)	12/15/1997 3:58:00 PM
From: Steven Dopp	Respond to of 53

Candle stick, I just read your initial post on BOST and found it very instightful. What is your read on APPB, since I just recommended it to my stock club, and they (we) just bought 100 shares. We thought it looked healthy with a P/E at or below their historical growth rate, relatively low debt, and good prospects for future store expansion. We thought about buying OSSI instead but APPBs P/E was lower. APPB's debt/equity ratio was significantly lower than OSSIs. Also, we liked the fact that APPB can vary its menu as needed whereas a steakhouse is a steakhouse....