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To: Banjoman who wrote (67)	7/28/1998 2:56:00 PM
From: CMason	Respond to of 172

Value Line also publishes an "Expanded Edition," which lists a couple of thousand equities not covered in the Standard Edition (almost all micro to mid-caps). While the Expanded Edition's ranking methodology is not quite the same as the Standard Edition's, they have a "Performance" rank which is similar to the "Timeliness" metric. While I haven't followed as systematic a process as you've developed, I find that the Expanded Edition is a good source for finding promising shorts. If you're buying the Standard Edition, the Expanded version is cheap at less than $200/year (though there's a reason for the low price, as it doesn't contain narrative analysis). Regards, CMason

To: Banjoman who wrote (67)	7/29/1998 12:33:00 AM
From: chester lee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 172

Banjoman, Thanks for a nice series of posts. Darn goos strategies. Now if I only had a few million to spread about. One consideration I read about but haven't done any research in is look at a short sale portfolio based on a combination of VL investment survey and the Zweig Performance Rating report (which is no longer published, but can be calculated). FOrbes does a good job presenting this strategy in the July 27 edition. I'm a hardcopy subscriber, but you can find the information forbes.com The current Aug issue is online but the July issue is not. It hasn't made the archeive yet. I just checked. If you are really interested, you can probably find some reference in past editions, as Forbes employs this strategy regularly and has published results. If you have a hardcopy, it starts on page 220. chester

To: Banjoman who wrote (67)	7/31/1998 8:11:00 PM
From: 1-DAY-TRADER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 172

Here is a great scam to short....I just love to short scams...especially when they break just above the 50-day moving avg. without any news or fundamentals to ride on. It is pure manipulation by attracting small investors then dumping It is now at 5 1/2, down 5/16 from yesterday. Target is $zero It is still good at any level above $5 because it is still at its prime. Last April, it broke the 50-day moving avg, then went to $2 very fast. let us discuss this baby. The great thing about this one is that you can short high volume for a high of 2-3 points down and bad very bad financials with little cash to last them less than a quarter. They have a huge cash crunch. check out its site at yahoo and SI they are dead.