BFT: Will the tulip craze ever break down?

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BFT: Will the tulip craze ever break down?

An SI Board Since March 1998

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Emcee: Pancho Villa	Type: Unmoderated

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550	from cnnfn.com <i>Bally Total Fitness Holdings (BFT) showed some flab, d	Allan F	-	8/26/1998
549	Didn't the stock just float a secondary at around 31 a few weeks ago? And	Ploni	-	8/26/1998
548	BFT mentioned on CNNfn about 'questions about its accounting methods'.	Don Westermeyer	-	8/26/1998
547	I covered at $20.5. I was expecting a bounce off $20 even. I don't know wha	Allan F	-	8/24/1998
546	I can't believe it. i actually go $100 out of the August 20's puts. Had	scope	-	8/23/1998
545	I closed my short position in BFT at 22.5 for a 4 pt gain in 6 months-I thought	Gotham Guru	-	8/22/1998
544	Thanks Pancho, Unfortunately my Aug Puts expired near worthless. It kills me t	Gary R. Owens	-	8/22/1998
543	FWIW - I may cover BFT soon. It may fall to $10 or climb back up, but I don	Don Westermeyer	-	8/22/1998
542	Hats off to Pancho? Well too bad he is not around to party with you.I guess he	scope	-	8/22/1998
541	<i>After a 40% fall from it's high, I guess an analyst finally decide	Allan F	-	8/21/1998
540	Charles, I could have a chance of shorting back at 32+ the morning after earnin	put2rich	-	8/21/1998
539	I earlier covered half my position, losing $2,363.94. My remaining half is now	Ploni	-	8/21/1998
538	<<This is a good example of not undertaking a short position without ple	put2rich	-	8/21/1998
537	Charles: To all of those who complained about Pancho's call way back w	S Shaw	-	8/21/1998
536	Wow, BFT traded as low as 19 5/8 today. If I was one of those whose brokers ha	Ploni	-	8/21/1998
535	BFT downgraded to neutral from buy today. After a 40% fall from it's high,	Don Westermeyer	-	8/21/1998
534	To answer your question: Who is John Dessaurer? John Dessaurer puts out a mo	Gail Morgan	-	8/15/1998
533	<i>Let's see, how many shorts can we think of that announced a "	Allan F	-	8/12/1998
532	<i>why would someone like me want to buy 100 shares when the price comes	Allan F	-	8/8/1998
531	Gail and Gordon: If you want a real detailed analysis of this company'	S Shaw	-	8/7/1998
530	Janus Junk Bond Fund Manager has BFT as his largest holding viewing it as a po	Gordon A. Langston	-	8/7/1998
529	Allen, I've been doing simple long term investing in Dividend Reinvestm	Gail Morgan	-	8/7/1998
528	Supporting stock prices with buy-backs rarely works. VVUS spent all their cash	scope	-	8/6/1998
527	Let's see, how many shorts can we think of that announced a "stock buy	Allan F	-	8/6/1998
526	Charles... >>Hmm, didn't they just do a secondary?<< So you	Bob Trocchi	-	8/6/1998

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