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Shorting stocks: Mechanical aspects

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72	Here is a great scam to short....I just love to short scams...especially when t	1-DAY-TRADER	-	7/31/1998
71	Can anyone tell me what this means to be as a short holder? "SIEB shareho	Ken Brown	-	7/31/1998
70	>>One consideration I read about but haven't done any research in is	Banjoman	-	7/29/1998
69	Banjoman, Thanks for a nice series of posts. Darn goos strategies. Now if I	chester lee	-	7/29/1998
68	Value Line also publishes an "Expanded Edition," which lists a couple	CMason	-	7/28/1998
67	>>By picking only the stocks that had zero yield and NMF p/e, we found t	Banjoman	-	7/28/1998
66	>>One parameter that might be worth playing with is your yield limit. How	Banjoman	-	7/28/1998
65	Don, thinking more about your scheme, one could summarize by saying that you	Q.	-	7/28/1998
64	Looks good. I printed a hard copy for reference. When doing it on paper you c	246810	-	7/28/1998
63	Don, thanks for the news about your mechanical short-picking strategy. And nice	Q.	-	7/28/1998
62	Shorting stocks which are ranked #5 in VL and Zacks I'm a lurker here, usu	Banjoman	-	7/27/1998
61	>>That's the key issue, I think. Understanding the fundamenta	T. Pascal	-	7/22/1998
60	LPasko, I have read of Canadian brokerage customers who were able to short US s	Q.	-	7/20/1998
59	Yes, I think so. One Trading month One day, Datek broke my short sell in NETG,	RockyBalboa	-	7/19/1998
58	Is there any rule that prevents shorting an IPO right away? If so, is there a	LPasko	-	7/19/1998
57	It basically depends on which clearing firm your broker uses, and whether your	Q.	-	7/10/1998
56	Getting Micro-Cap shares to borrow: Does anyone know if there are any broke	RNPT	-	7/10/1998
55	To: Carl Worth Re: Some quickie additions to a post on the Broken Stocks Thre	Anaxagoras	-	6/21/1998
54	John, thanks for the reply. (eom)	knight	-	12/2/1997
53	Knight, bulletin board stocks can't be shorted by anybody in the US. I'	Q.	-	12/2/1997
52	John, what are the requirements for shorting stocks listed on the NASDAQ OTCBB?	knight	-	12/1/1997
51	Bond, the pharmaceutical co. you mentioned, CLGY, is development stage. Which m	Q.	-	12/1/1997
50	CELLEGY PHARMACEUTICALS (CLGY)..... John , CLGY closed at $9 1/8 yesterday. On	Dante Sinferno	-	11/29/1997
49	re. <<For every 5 short shares, 100 long? Really?>> dollars, I mea	Q.	-	11/13/1997
48	For every 5 short shares, 100 long? Really? That's a very small percentage.	Jonathan Brown	-	11/13/1997

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