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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: t36 who wrote (4345)	1/5/1998 9:56:00 PM
From: g.w. barnard	Respond to of 23519

rt, according to vickers: quote.com we have no sells in the last qtr. according to insider sells we do have a vice president, financial officer, and officer selling a total of just over 45,000 shares. insidertrader.com they definatly unloaded before announcement on 12/10. gw

To: t36 who wrote (4345)	1/6/1998 1:41:00 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

t36, " should I buy Vivus now? Here is yesterdays' write up from WSJ . I edited /shortened it. Pay particular attention to the ACAPULCO example. * Heard on the Street Bargain Hunters Dipping Into the Tech Sector May Need to Do a Bit More Bottom-Fishing By Suzanne McGee Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal * 01/05/98 The Wall Street Journal ( Is the flurry of bargain-hunting in battered technology stocks the first sign of a turnaround? Even some of the most aggressive bottom-fishers themselves aren't betting on it. They're carefully targeting their buying, rather than counting on a resurgence in overall demand to eradicate inventory gluts and restore pricing power. "The jury is still out on where these stocks are going," says Ciaran O'Kelly, technology stock trader at Salomon Smith Barney. "There's definitely been a lot of hunting for bargains, but . . . this bounce is far from impressive." . But traders say some stocks are showing the first fleeting signs of a recovery in the wake of a sell-off sparked by disappointing earnings, demand worries and year-end tax-related selling. Jon Schoolar, manager of the AIM Weingarten fund, believes investors have oversold many stocks. He expects technology weighting in his $9But I believe the top line in some areas can grow more robustly than the market now gives it credit." ********************************************************** For years, buying most technology stocks was prohibitively expensive for Tony Hitschler, president of Wilmingtonbased Brandywine Investment Management and a disciplined value investor. Now he's snapping up stocks like diskdrive maker Seagate Technology, down 51% in 1997 and trading at only 7.4 times earnings. "Of course, they'll report a loss next quarter," he says cheerfully. "But you've got to play this group like the cliff divers in Acapulco; you dive in as the waters recede and you think you're heading for the rocks, but by the time you finish your dive, the water's back." But few investors are ready to take that kind of leap. Bargain hunters also face short-term risks as the next round of quarterly earnings news begins late this week with reports from Motorola and Seagate. Some traders confess to being more on edge than they've been in years. "A lot of investors, much of the smart money, is clinging to the sidelines," says Mr. O'Kelly. I0607 * End of document. ************************************************************** Think about it . I have to go now but I will get back to your question later. All I can tell you noe is that I bought Vvus from 10 - 12.4 and I am still long at present. TA