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

To: Candle stick who wrote (3113)	2/17/1998 10:42:00 PM
From: Roger A. Babb	Respond to of 18691

CS, I am still short AMZN but have given up tring to make short term predictions on it. Long term, it goes down. As for CYMI, when I see a "shareholder rights" deal or a floorless convertible announcement, I short first and ask questions later, usually with no research beyond reading the news release. But then I do my research and decide whether to increase the position or bail out. This is a very safe strategy as 99% of the time stocks fall after either of these announcements, even if I bail out it is usually with a small profit. {I have been known to short a floorless convertible without even knowing the company name, only the symbol} I am already ahead in the CYMI position and just starting to do my research, no opinion yet.