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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (203)	9/12/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: Shtirlitz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Here is another one, you may find interesting. NYSE: LFT . By the quick look at it it appears that the company has a huge debt, and loosing money at the same time. The stock itself has entered a definitive downtrend, however there is still more left. IMO in this market its a pretty good candidate. I am doing a deeper research now.

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (203)	9/12/1998 10:08:00 PM
From: Dr. Seuss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Auric, Jas Sing MD, who has hyped CYBG and ALTIF (and I think TAVA) said that they the Marysville CA shop wasn't part of a current report and they are now using some shop in Tenn. I've asked him which one and have gotten no reply. Clearly, I can't call all of them, but he never hesistated to get back to me and blast my short views in the past. The interesting thing is that ALTIF said in one of their hype reports that the Marysville shop built a number of units for them, while the owner said they only made a few parts for them in the past. I have been in and out of ALTIF for a while and it doesn't move very fast. Someone is holding it up. All I know for sure is that their revolutionary jig is anything but and this stock will tank some day. I clearly don't have your experience or contacts, but it would be great to find some red flags and bring about the truth, sooner than later. Best luck, Dr. Seuss

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (203)	9/13/1998 8:35:00 PM
From: Circle	Respond to of 19428

J'accuse! Dreyfus Aggressive Fund affair continues By Craig Tolliver, CBS MarketWatch Mutual Fund Center Robert J. Flaherty, editor of Equities magazine, assailed Barron's for two articles published in July on the continuing saga of Dreyfus' Premiere Aggressive Fund (DRLEX) and Aggressive Fund (DGVAX). "J'accuse," said Flaherty likening the Barron's stories headlined "Wounded Lion" and "L'Affaire Dreyfus" to that of the French generals who victimized a defenseless Jewish officer named Dreyfus more than a century ago. Underwriter Peter Janssen, Flaherty said, was blamed unfairly by Barron's for the poor performance of the two Dreyfus funds. Flaherty pointed out that during the period in which the magazine graphed the collapse of the funds, the value of Janssen's three medical picks rose. The much-reported Chromatics Color Sciences (CCSI), Cytoclonal Pharmaceutical (CYPH) and MacroChem (MCHM) have, however, taken a drubbing in recent months. Equities, a 47-year-old monthly, accused short sellers of bringing on the demise of these funds, adding that Barron's relied heavily on charges broadcast over the Internet by short seller Manuel Asensio of Asensio & Co. Flaherty labeled his magazine's investigation one of the most important stories of his 37 years in financial journalism. The entire career of one individual could be damaged by this smear, he said.

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (203)	9/14/1998 3:07:00 AM
From: arar	Respond to of 19428

I have question about shorting - Assuming i short a stock and sell naked puts against it at a lower strike than the shorted value (kind of opposite of covered calls)- would this strategy be better than plain shorting ? of course, if the stock tanks my gains are limited to the put strike price. But if the stock goes up i keep the put i sold. Above all, if it is a stubbborn stock taking time to fall - i still gain. My main doubt is , can my broker recall my short position without informing me and the short tanks, leaving my puts in the red. Any one sees other problems with this strategy? thanks arar.

To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (203)	9/14/1998 11:56:00 PM
From: Smilodon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

The ModaCad Short Case. techstocks.com Maybe they will hype it back up. Regards, Archer