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To: Jenna who wrote (5748)	3/6/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 120523

FPAM cats outa the bag already.. CHICAGO, March 5 (Reuters) - At-the-money implied volatility on FPA Medical Management (NASDAQ:FPAM) March calls shot above 100 percent in active trading on Thursday ahead of the company's fourth quarter results due on Friday. Volatility had been creeping higher in recent weeks from its 52-week average of around 58 percent, options analysts said. In late trading, March at-the-money calls were bid at 107 percent on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Puts were bid at91 percent. Options volume was well above average, with most activityon the call side. "It looks as though everyone is playing this one on the upside," said one of the options activity. The underlying stock was up 1/4 to 24-3/8 on above-average volume of 3.5 million in late trading. FPA, which manages physician practices and emergency rooms, was due to publish its fourth quarter results at 0800 CST/1400 GMT on Friday and hold a conference call with analysts. In early January, the company said it was comfortable with analysts' earnings estimates between $0.24 and $0.31 per share. Copyright 1998, Reuters News Service

To: Jenna who wrote (5748)	3/6/1998 3:47:00 PM
From: Jenna	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 120523

BOUYGUES OFFSHORE S A A D R SPONS, BWG is an French ADR contractor serving the oil & gas industry providing integrated solutions for the design, construction, installation & management of offshore and onshore oil and gas production-related turnkey projects. For the FY ended 12/96, revenues rose 14% to FF3.78B. Net income according to US GAAP rose 24% to FF231.7M. Results reflect higher sales from the oil & gas contracting segment, & a rise in the Co.'s U.S. dollar denominated cash deposits. They have enjoyed nice gains and have lots of insider buying. It's beginning to have a nice uptrend and has increased accumulation/distribution. Price Rank 1 Wk Change has it in the top 93% of companies. It enjoys a price/book ratio in top 9% of companies. It has very strong 1 week relative performance rating. It's accumulation/distribution increase in the last week ranks this company in the highest 6% of companies trading. It had a Wilder 9 day breakout, and moving average 10 day breakout.. This should cause the oils sector to strengthen once again on tuesday.. REMEMBER: as with the entire sector, this should not be bought unless a clear trend is established. VTS should strengthen the trend of the oil sector next week.. I'm especially BULLISH on VTS