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Biotech / Medical : VVUS: VIVUS INC. (NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: saszu who wrote (17939)	1/19/1999 9:01:00 PM
From: Greg22	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23519

Saszu, forget the market maker "manipulation" and short stuff. First of all, the market makers are just trying to make the spread. BEST probably bought into tax selling at 2.5 and is trying to make a cool 20%. What drives a stock price is supply and demand. When demand for Vivus stock outstrips supply, market makers will demand a higher price for their diminishing supply. Naked shorts are gone. The only shorts remaining are hedged. These guys can exit anytime they choose by selling and covering inside the spread. The good news is that no one appears to be selling!