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Shorting stocks: Broken stocks - Analysis

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1931	I have an awful time getting shares to short with my brokers. Do you (thread) t	Caroline	-	10/20/1998
1930	I just doublechecked my account to make sure I was only short 500. Maybe EGRP&	Dale Baker	-	10/20/1998
1929	Dale, extra shares called in? That's really nasty. I think you should just	Q.	-	10/20/1998
1928	That's why I won't pay any attention unless they actually call the shar	Dale Baker	-	10/20/1998
1927	Interesting. I shorted 300 shares of MCAR about 10 minutes before the close, t	Mike Maxton	-	10/20/1998
1926	BTIM and CGRM: That was for "technical" reasons. When they just could	RockyBalboa	-	10/20/1998
1925	>>Datek's completely dead today killing BTIM, >>and I am looki	Blacksmith	-	10/20/1998
1924	I played SRCM with puts but sold way too soon, taking home a few points when ma	Dale Baker	-	10/20/1998
1923	mcar, so they want you to go long as sort of punishment for shorting it recentl	RockyBalboa	-	10/20/1998
1922	Message came today from E*Trade that I may be bought in with MCAR on the 23rd.	Dale Baker	-	10/20/1998
1921	Reading MCAR's Yahoo thread is pretty funny. Everyone is sure that medical	Dale Baker	-	10/19/1998
1920	re. MCAR, their whole business consists of training physicians to use their pro	Q.	-	10/19/1998
1919	Strangely enough, John, the Beartracker beatracker.com has listed DOCI as its	RumbleFish	-	10/17/1998
1918	ENER has $2 per share cash, so I'd cover somewhere north of there. I agree	Q.	-	10/15/1998
1917	I reached a similar conclusion for MCAR not long ago after looking at cash, sal	Dale Baker	-	10/15/1998
1916	re. a target for MCAR: It's a development stage co., where the product the	Q.	-	10/15/1998
1915	<<Rumblefish, re. DOCI, sorry to hear you had such a bad experience ther	RumbleFish	-	10/14/1998
1914	I shorted 500 through E*Trade on 10/7.	Dale Baker	-	10/14/1998
1913	John, Do you know where I can borrow this dog? Thanks in advance.	prophit	-	10/14/1998
1912	Thanks. You aren't the only who noticed, I guess - MCAR now down 3/4 and w	Dale Baker	-	10/14/1998
1911	MCAR just filed an ugly 8-k. Seems in a board meeting back in August the CEO qu	Q.	-	10/14/1998
1910	Rumblefish, re. DOCI, sorry to hear you had such a bad experience there. I th	Q.	-	10/14/1998
1909	<<So I also did another screen which required that the stock have a 12-	RumbleFish	-	10/13/1998
1908	<i>Here are screen results for tax-loss selling candidates</i> Tho	Gerald Walls	-	10/13/1998
1907	<I just don't have a good feel for how many it will be, and whether it i	Gary Clarke	-	10/13/1998

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