Hey, welcome back. You've been missed in these parts.
It's very reassuring to see how the basic story we've been hearing has
been accurate. Now that the corporate change is visibly underway, more
investors are going to gain (or regain) confidence in Vertel. I think
your targets are realistic.
I am very interested to see how the analyst coverage works out on
Vertel. There should be some evidence of a change in trading activity
before any public recommendations are made. There seems to be stories
(knowledge?) amongst the brokers and traders about who is buying and
for whom. My broker pointed me to an interesting site,
nasdaqtrader.com Here is a sample of trading data that may
be found there:
RETX Nasdaq National Market Common Stock ($0.01 Par Value)
TSO: 22,663,201 (as of August 8 1997)
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November 1997 October 1997 September 1997
Volume Rank % Volume Rank % Volume Rank %
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Total Volume 3,979,723 15,910,031 10,267,360
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JWBC
J.W. BARCLAY & CO., 643,990 1 16 1,087,290 4 6 893,776 2 8
SBSH
SMITH BARNEY INC. 414,650 2 10 1,425,755 3 8 751,089 4 7
HRZG
HERZOG, HEINE, 299,541 3 7 959,750 6 6 537,924 5 5
MASH
MAYER & SCHWEITZER, 288,752 4 7 2,031,647 1 12 1,171,555 1 11
PWJC
PAINEWEBBER 245,404 5 6 1,047,110 5 6 856,015 3 8
NITE
KNIGHT SECURITIES, 225,029 6 5 851,156 7 5 491,381 6 4
MHIL
MASON HILL & CO., 193,250 7 4 293,280 14 1 240,350 15 2
GRUN
GRUNTAL & CO., 180,275 8 4 337,825 13 2 312,250 11 3
EVRN
EVEREN SECURITIES, 162,210 9 4 797,317 8 5 467,316 7 4
WETH
WEATHERLY SECURITIES 141,700 10 3 157,350 22 0 112,000 24 1
CORPORATION
SHWD
SHERWOOD SECURITIES 117,475 11 2 681,048 10 4 285,253 13 2
OLDE
OLDE DISCOUNT 86,167 12 2 1,823,620 2 11 466,615 8 4 |
