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Shorting stocks: High fliers

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609	Christian, re. BFLY, I don't expect a warrant call to be announced for a wh	Q.	-	12/10/1998
608	JohnG, thanks for the heads up, just look if the soup is ready here..BINC, yumm	RockyBalboa	-	12/10/1998
607	BINC is popping up hard. This is a lousy company with a hype factor: they supp	Q.	-	12/9/1998
606	ANYONE HAD A LOOK AT MIRM . I HEAR IT HAS JUST BEEN FEATURED IN A NEWS ARTICLE	hawk-eye	-	12/8/1998
605	Yesterday there was another apparent case of ticker trouble. Take a look at th	Mark Marcellus	-	12/4/1998
604	<I>Now why don't I just put out a news release that says I have a we	(no name provided)	-	12/1/1998
603	In the meantime we short even the warrants... things happen faster and warrants	RockyBalboa	-	12/1/1998
602	John, <<I sold my warrants at 17, when the stock was 22, so I'm now	chester lee	-	12/1/1998
601	John, <i>Now why don't I just put out a news release that says I hav	Daniel Chisholm	-	12/1/1998
600	That crazy... I sold short warrants at 16 and 18. Suddenly the stock faltered	RockyBalboa	-	12/1/1998
599	BFLY is going crazy today. At 24, up 70% so far, and volume is so high that it	Q.	-	12/1/1998
598	Anaxagoras, that CNBC guest list could be really useful. I noticed another gue	Q.	-	12/1/1998
597	<i><<...CEO will be on CNBC tomorrow morning.>></i> BT	Anaxagoras	-	12/1/1998
596	DATEK * NO SHORTS * NO MARGIN > 5 * UPDATE *********************************	RockyBalboa	-	12/1/1998
595	Bob, the runup in the last 30 minutes was due to the fact that their CEO will b	Tai Jin	-	11/30/1998
594	Tai-You may have noticed that Sharper Image ran up today. This is a company I c	bob s	-	11/30/1998
593	Silly games, John. I was stopped out of my short position's in the warrant	RockyBalboa	-	11/30/1998
592	re. BFLY, and the warrant call play: Christian, after Friday's big move up	Q.	-	11/30/1998
591	>> OK, what/when is their peak? << Now wouldn't we all like to	Tai Jin	-	11/28/1998
590	<<CNKT, NAVR, and CYSP are probably good candidates after they peak.>&	William	-	11/28/1998
589	At Datek you can short BFLYW but not BFLY. BAMM and COOL are not shortable. C	Tai Jin	-	11/28/1998
588	Christian, Thanks for your long and great analysis. I don't have time to w	put2rich	-	11/28/1998
587	Christian-I like your logic focusing on the 2nd or 3rd tier internets. Which ar	bob s	-	11/28/1998
586	Thanh, to add some points about shorting high fliers: Some or them are talked	RockyBalboa	-	11/28/1998
585	Christian, Which nuts you think the most likely crash and the target price you	put2rich	-	11/27/1998

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