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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Anthony@Pacific who wrote (5792)	1/23/1999 5:19:00 PM
From: Bear Down	Respond to of 122087

:-) The more I take out, the more I put in!!! I think I have revised my definition of long term to mean overnite!! I can't stand the sidelines..... Hello, My name is Bear and I'm a short-a-holic

To: Anthony@Pacific who wrote (5792)	1/23/1999 11:24:00 PM
From: Jose Matos	Respond to of 122087

Prospective Short: GTSG Anthony, I know you're busy with a bunch of crap stocks at the moment, but here's one I think may be ready to head south. I shorted this back in July or August from about 38 down to 27 or so. GTSG - GLOBAL TELESYSTEMS GROUP INC Last Price: 58 1/8 at 16:00 EST Change: Down 3 1/2 (-5.68%) Previous Close: 61 5/8 on 1/21 30-Day Avg. Volume: 967,000 Shares Outstanding: 60,503,000 52-Week High: 66 52-Week Low: 21.12 It's a telecommunications company which does business mostly in Europe and Russia. George Soros is a big investor and since July has been and Continues to UNLOAD a ton of shares : ================================== Washington, Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Global TeleSystems Group Inc. filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to register 13.9 million shares held by stockholders, including billionaire George Soros and Global Chairman Alan Slifka...... =================================== Since it bottomed in October at $21, it's tripled to a new high just a week ago at $66. It's begun dropping down, now at 58. Recently acquired Esprit Telecom (British) for $665 Mil back on Dec. 8. This should hurt their balance sheet and integration issues will arise. Last Quarterly Earings report. go2net.newsalert.com Catalyst for drop: Recent weakness in Latin America should create instability in Europe & China & Russia again. Plus Overvalued. ================================================= I know it's a bit much for you to evaluate, but if you can, (Or anyone else) I'd appreciate your input. Regards. Jose.