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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 (9135)	12/30/1997 8:18:00 PM
From: megazoo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9285

<market will make a top in January followed by a long decline> how long will the decline be, in you view. thanks.

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (9135)	12/30/1997 8:49:00 PM
From: angel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9285

I have a dumb question to ask about shorting. If a stock is at 10 then it can double to 20 or maybe go to 30 which is 2x or 3x but on the downside you can only make 2x and only if it goes to 0 which is very rare, so why spend so much time shorting when you can theoretically make much more being long? I also want to know if you have had success shorting OTC stocks and what the trick is to find shares. Thank you!

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (9135)	12/31/1997 10:56:00 AM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 9285

Thanks Roger, unless we have earnings surprises to the upside(which I don't think is likely) I think you're right. I heard Al Frank on CNBC stating that fully valued stocks should be sold and over-corrected (example he gave was TRID) be bought. Of course if you are truly long term, you can probably continue to dollar cost average thru the decline and reap the rewards further down the road. He also stated that a 3 to 5 year time frame would give the best returns on his picks. bp