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Technology Stocks : TAVA Technologies (TAVA-NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (27887)	2/11/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: Patrese	Respond to of 31646

JDN, Your assessment has validity as far as I am concerned. I also believe if one is looking for a fast buck, this is not the stock for them. But, if you are looking to invest in a company where only one analyst follows it, they have no time for PR at this particular time because they are so busy capitalizing on opportunities, and the stock price is languishing in a narrow undervalued trading range with no institutional investment to speak of and its the recipient of a lot of short term frustration, then this is a Peter Lynch baby for you. Best Regards, Patricia

To: JDN who wrote (27887)	2/11/1999 3:17:00 PM
From: Captain Jack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

JDN --- At what price and for what reason would an institutional investor be interested? There is no PR. The price fluctuates from 6 - 9. The avg daily is too low for them to get out. Mgmt has no concern for shareholdr equity. Y2K was aprox 2/3 of rev and that will soon depart... we have heard the post Y2K stuff like we heard the new PR firm a year ago. Unless there are MANY fewer shares and mgmt recognizes its weakness and hires the proper people todays price will only be wishful thinking in 10 years... but maybe one more qtr,, yeah--right!. What we saw was a classic "sell on news". And as great as the news was it could not sustain yet alone rise in price... Still have not received a confirmation order so must still be long--

To: JDN who wrote (27887)	2/11/1999 3:21:00 PM
From: STLMD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

JDN... I agree with most of your perspective. This company and its management never said this was going to be a rocket. They started as a little pimple on the ass of America and have successfully grown themselves in two years to a larger pimple on the world's ass, but still a pimple nonetheless. Now... for those of us who saw the original pimple and bought in early 1997 through early summer, we bought into that company in its growing stages. Then, what happened? This pimple of a company got hyped on this board especially, stock price ran up way ahead of fundamentals, fundamentals were not good enough to attract institutions but the stock price and the hype attracted the MMs and the shorts, hedge funds , etc. and the rest is mired while this company grows into its adult roles and capabilities. Is 6 1/2 fair at this time? Absolutely not. 8-9 as Rick Bullotta has suggested? You bet. However, because of history this stock will NEVER appreciate until the fundamentals arrive. We are close but we are certainly never going to be associated with the lunacy nor stock appreciation of AOL or YHOO. And fair valuation will be harder to attain because of our history. As we approach 8,9 and 10 and above, all the hyped victims that bought into the upper ranges and have held for soooooo long(remember, we want our 100% overnight profits)are going to sell, making it even harder for this stock to attract new buyers. Lessons learned...the hard way..at our expense. Don't ever listen to raving comments about stocks especially when fundamentals aren't there yet. Sell when you think price has exceeded the fundamentals and most will be happy. I'm in the black with this company and have a nice return since 1997. I'm holding on because I don't have any downside due to good fundamentals. I'm sorry most others can't say that, thus the frustration. BTW...who's sleazier...TM or Sosiak?? Stephen

To: JDN who wrote (27887)	2/11/1999 3:54:00 PM
From: jwk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

---The operation was a success, but the patient died. ---In order to save the village, we had to destroy the village. ---In order to succeed with the business plan, we had to fail with the stockholders. The third statement seems to make as much sense as the other two. Company is doing great, stock's suffering. Seems to be no question but what TAVA is a short trader's dream stock. Short down as far as the numbers will allow (3-5?), drive out interest from new and larger investors, buy back slowly to cover your short position and so as not to create any interest from new/larger investors. Repeat. There's an old joke which asks why dogs do a certain thing to themselves to which the the answer is, "Because they can." I think the same reasoning applies to the short traders' dance with TAVA.