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Shorting stocks: Mechanical aspects

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147	you may want to try "tools of the bear" by Caes I have not read it ye	coaster	-	9/20/1998
146	John, At most it's $250 or $500 - not a real big deal. The danger is that	Ken Brown	-	9/17/1998
145	Ken, you might ask the broker's margin dept. how much 'maintenance'	Q.	-	9/17/1998
144	Here's one place that lists short interest (NASDAQ only): viwes.com Ken	Ken Brown	-	9/17/1998
143	John or anyone, could you post the thread that has the short interest please,I	coaster	-	9/17/1998
142	<i>If it turns out to be not too difficult to close this position out<	Ken Brown	-	9/15/1998
141	Agreed that if you want a 'how-to' book on short selling, Kathryn Stale	Q.	-	9/14/1998
140	I recently purchased "The Art of Short Selling" from Amazon. It soun	Ben Kreischer	-	9/13/1998
139	George, Sorry, but I can't help out with shorting info. I been burning out	Bill/WA	-	9/13/1998
138	I am interested in getting the best book on shorting stocks. I am interested i	George Dawson	-	9/12/1998
137	Hi David, I have an account with Yamner and it was the best move I've ever	Bill/WA	-	9/12/1998
136	John - Thanks for your comments on brokers. I have investigated Yamner and am	David Penfield	-	9/10/1998
135	David, usually a discount broker will find shares for you only if they are avai	Q.	-	9/10/1998
134	Questions for all the experts lurking & contributing here: I have been una	David Penfield	-	9/10/1998
133	sorry, Ken for the confusion. CEF is an abbreviation for 'closed end funds&	Q.	-	9/8/1998
132	Re: shorting rights offerings, That's a very interesting idea. I'm no	Ken Brown	-	9/8/1998
131	Ken: I wonder if it's possible that shorting the xxxxR rights in a rights	Q.	-	9/8/1998
130	Heard like some company bought incl and it jumped to 6. Can you elaborate more	put2rich	-	9/7/1998
129	John, it remains to be seen how much trouble it was. If it turns out to be not	Ken Brown	-	9/7/1998
128	Ken, I guess it was more trouble than it was worth? I wonder how often this pr	Q.	-	9/7/1998
127	Volunteer, re. the mechanical screen for Value Line #5 stocks with NIL dividend	Q.	-	9/7/1998
126	Here are a few articles I found. Due to the general lack of activity on many	Joe Waynick	-	9/6/1998
125	Another shorting Forbes article: <i> While Hammond and Frazer were lookin	Vol	-	9/6/1998
124	<i>I'll be reporting on SIEB / SIEBR when it's all over, in about	Ken Brown	-	9/6/1998
123	John G, Re: mechanical shorting <i>Ultimately, he and I figured out a ve	Vol	-	9/6/1998

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