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Technology Stocks : Healthcare.com Corporation (Nasdaq: HCDC)was [HDIE] -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Emec who wrote (2602)	8/12/1998 4:53:00 PM
From: Andrew H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15094

Still, it is troubling, especially the manner in which the selling was done and right at the very end of the day, almost as though it were calculated to lower the price. And on a very strong day for the Nasdaq.

To: Emec who wrote (2602)	8/12/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: WZGEKKO	Respond to of 15094

David, thank you for your logic. as a large 'individual' shareholder, i was a touch worried when i turned on my level 2 at 3:40 and watch the stock get dumped at the bid through 4pm. it seems as though one shareholder did this but i have no confirmation. to me, this is a stock you put away, slowly accumulate, and forget about. i plan on buying more tomorrow morning. we also shouldnt forget with all the shares dumped in the last ten minutes (over100,000), the stocks only down .25 for the day. could have much worse.

To: Emec who wrote (2602)	8/12/1998 5:12:00 PM
From: Andja Miskin	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15094

David, I hope that's all it was, just a block sale by someone wanting out fast. However, I don't think so. I think we'll see some bad news out soon. The awful-looking chart wasn't caused by just one person. I'm out. I hope the price recovers, but I'm not hanging around. The market is stronger than anyone, and it say bail! Like I said before, I hope HDIE is not down to 2 or less before you all change your rosy tone...

To: Emec who wrote (2602)	8/12/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: jake burns	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15094

I wholeheartedly agree. As a sports gambler, I snicker at the people who are INTIMIDATED by line moves. Say the Steelers are playing the Packers, and the line goes from Green Bay -3.5 to Green Bay -6.5 (actually happened a few years ago)...for the NFL, this is a fairly large move. I know Pittsburgh backers who got intimidated by the line movement ('someone must know something I don't') and bought back their Steeler wager and took Green Bay -6.5. Well, Pittsburgh got inside the number and they bent over....happens all the time. In the sports arena, MONEY moves lines, and that money is not SMART...it's just money. Most of us are in this stock for the bright prospects that await. Not everyone has the knowledge that we have. I will excuse their ignorance, and pick up cheap shares. To be intimidated would be shameful.....By the way, Dave used the example of RENT to show how an institution could want out. It's happened with some stocks I follow...A company which I would never buy the stock of is called Hollis Eden pharmaceuticals (HEPH). A shareholder dumped 200,000 shares on the market last month and sent the stock price from 14 to 8, I believe. Then it rebounded and is now 11....There hasn't been any news before or since...the party just wanted out, and if you're a believer in any company that is an opportune time to buy. Of course, there's no telling that there are not more shares where those came from, so we could be headed down further. I'll pick up some shares tomorrow, and then wait a couple of days to see where we go. If we go further down, I'll pick up more shares, then wait 2 more days, and so forth. Good luck.