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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 (2295)2/4/1998 9:54:00 PM
From: Gotham Guru  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18691
 
Roger,
Broc reports earnings on mon 2/9 according to Yahoo!- expect .02
per share-looks good if they can meet it. Any thoughts?

Instigator



To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (2295)2/4/1998 11:12:00 PM
From: tcarnes  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18691
 
roger bgl did you get my post? iam short -26 in book value
eps -2.45 a share and selling assets. its a tabacco co.
with heavy lawsuit problems think its a good short may
see 7 soon. let me know what you think about ust. i want to short
it too. think they are both easy money. i could be wrong.
thanks tj.



To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (2295)2/5/1998 5:17:00 PM
From: Brooks Jackson  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 18691
 
CSTNE -- Rats! Schwab says this security cannot be shorted. I'm asking them why, but haven't received an e-mail response yet. Anybody else have problems at other brokers? I'm seriously thinking about opening a new account with another broker that is more short-friendly.