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

To: Michael Bidder who wrote (8379)	12/15/1997 6:26:00 AM
From: Ploni	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9285

Michael, I personally am reluctant to short stocks that at are their lows, so I wouldn't be interested in shorting any of the gold stocks. However, regarding Royal Oaks (RYO), 1 7/16; Pegasus Gold (PGU), 5/8; and Echo Bay Mines (ECO), 2 3/8 -- I think only market makers can initiate a short position in a stock that isn't marginable, and most brokers require a stock price of 5 or higher to be marginable. (Though I've heard that a few brokers allow margin down to around 4 or 3.) Thus, I doubt that these are candidates for most short investors.