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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: vegetarian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

I did SOF and EPTG with Etrade successfully today. Could not do SOF yesterday mainly because I lost patience. Good idea is to put a limit order at the beginning of the day that is within last day's trading range.

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 4:13:00 PM
From: frank 3	Respond to of 18691

dear roger only able to short pnda. tried all-day with sof ase would not take shares. tried another 1000 at 5 1/16 on uptick at datek with pnda. my daily activity says order entered which means sool at datek. have a great night frank3

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 4:35:00 PM
From: ralph keating	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

Roger , picked up 500 TIII from Etrade only filled half. ralph

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: NYBellBoy	Respond to of 18691

Roger -Shorted 1000 shs TIII @ 5 1/8 and sold it 1 hr later @ 4 13/16. Shorted 1000 shs PNDA @ 5 1/16 about 3:30PM. Both from ETrade :) BellBoy

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 5:03:00 PM
From: Dante Sinferno	Respond to of 18691

<<without success to short TIII, SOF, EPTG, BIGE>> Got some TIII at 5 1/8....I received a phone message from Inv.Relations....the 8K with details on the convertible will be filed tomorrow (wednesday). No shares of BIGE available at Waterhouse And the best one of all IMO , SOF.....my order sat unfilled all afternoon. SOF is sitting just below resistance. Will try again tomorrow on that one. Great find MC. Rob

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (1698)	1/27/1998 5:14:00 PM
From: Fernando Saldanha	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18691

Roger, I did some homework on utilities. Most of them rely mainly on coal and nuclear power. The ones I found with greater reliance on oil and gas are CES, EUA, FPL, and LIL. For all four, expenditures on oil and gas are about half of fuel costs. I have opened small short positions on T and EK, which I think will be in trouble in the long run. The latest Business Week cover story (a strong bearish indicator, according to some) was on T. Another company that rebounded recently but is probably in trouble in the long run is SGI. I would like to see it hit $18 before shorting it. Best regards.