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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (38086)	12/3/1998 12:23:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

I just got the November Institutional Investor, which I like, generally. I mentioned last month that ajc and kurlac were on all america research team. I see that they have a website: iimagazine.com. they require registration which I haven't done yet, and there is a pointer on the front page to the research team. People might want to check out this site.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (38086)	12/3/1998 12:36:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Respond to of 132070

Do you look for any impact of year end hedge fund redemptions? Many hedge funds only allow redemptions once a year.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (38086)	12/3/1998 1:49:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

MB: A few days ago, I mentioned I thought BJS would be a good takeover target for HAL, looks like my opinion isn't shared by analysts<G>. Today DJ News had the following, "An 'all but obvious' merger would be between Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) and BJ Services, wrote Michael J. Economides and Ronald E. Oligney earlier this week in the Houston Chronicle. Houston-based BJ Services (BJS) is a leading provider of pressure pumping services that include cementing, acidizing, fracturing, and coiled-tubing products used to enhance oil and natural-gas production."

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (38086)	12/3/1998 2:56:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I see James Dines name coming up now again. I haven't heard of him in many years. I thought he was the ultimate gold bug and lost his shirt several times. Wasn't he discredited years ago like Joe Granville? Is this close to right?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (38086)	12/3/1998 7:16:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Mike, I am starting to get brave about options, picked up "Options As a Strategic Investment" by Lawrence G. McMillan at the library. Boy, is it heavy, thick, lots of big words and not enough pictures.<g> Maybe I should start with "Options for Dummies"? I looked for that but I couldn't find it.<g> One thing that I was curious about, I accidentally punched in the wrong stock symbol on Yahoo, and got WMI, Waste Management, and noticed that the short ratio was 12.34. Is this high? I looked at a number of other stocks but did not see one as high. Also, if it is high, what would explain it? (Compare to Allied Waste, AWIN, short ratio = 1.5). CobaltBlue