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BORL... time to short?!
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I am new to investing, but have been programming for a while. It seems the talkers on this site (about Borland, at least) are all bulls.

But, being new to investing (recently having read motley fool's book), I have learned that you should not get emotional about a stock. The question is: What does the MARKET say will happen to Borland stock?

I know I am a small investor, and you are all too. But the stock is in steady decline. Shorting a stock has nothing to do with your current position (ie, if you already own shares). It merely means that you are borrowing shares now, and will pay for them when the stock falls further.

With that said, what do the biggies think of Borland? We want to beat the conventional wisdom. It seems to me that those neophytes are gaga over anything that Microsoft says (reflected in 3 pt runup today, on no VB related news). Thus, maybe in the short term, it will keep falling. The question is -- do I want to solidify that bet by shorting... No one wants to buy at 10.5 and see it fall to 7.

Maybe the opinion of Terence Wilson has some weight? When will the numbers be announced?

I heard this quarter's numbers are shakey. I think BORL will go as though as 7 after the numbers are announced.
Terence Wilson on Jun 12 1996 4:51PM
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56 Well, well! How come I haven't found this thread before? I presume that theDavid Miller-10/22/1997
55 <i>>> Anyone basing a decision one way or another on this formula MENSO-10/22/1997
54 The MarketSoft analysis is Irrelavent. MarketSoft has a mathimatical formula thDavid G.-10/22/1997
53 <b>Stock Analysis of Borland International</b> Thank you for requeMENSO-10/22/1997
52 Leo, What you are ignoring is that Borland made a profit this quarter and beaDavid G.-10/21/1997
51 Borland has just reported "Second quarter revenues were $42,500,000".MENSO-10/21/1997
50 =>Is it that you don't have anything to say? Or that you prefer for everDavid G.-8/13/1997
49 <b>David:</b> I find it rather interesting that none of the posts MENSO-8/13/1997
48 To anyone that happened to read the previous message on shorting BORL, you may David G.-8/12/1997
47exchange2000.comMENSO-8/11/1997
46 The fact is Borland has an even greater ally in Oracle now that IBM has there oKashish King-7/9/1997
45 >>>>Yes, the knowledge that several analysts have stopped coverage MENSO-7/9/1997
44 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?????????MENSO-6/26/1997
43 <i>ROD: Could you be trying to divert attention from the question I askedKashish King-6/26/1997
42 ROD: Could you be trying to divert attention from the question I asked here? MENSO-6/26/1997
41 It's only 12:00 EST and already 16,000 plus shares have traded, and BORL isKashish King-6/26/1997
40 What do you all make of the vanishing act the analysts covering Borland pulled MENSO-6/24/1997
39 Hello, please test this website: stocksmart.comDongyan Wang-2/7/1997
38 Test this webpage. dbc.comDongyan Wang-2/7/1997
37 Wish I knew. I am long both BORL & OPEN (Open Environment). I like the acBill Berggren-8/1/1996
36 Borland has some news announcements on the newswires this morning; deals with Njad-7/29/1996
35 The price going down tells you that SUPPLY exceeds DEMAND. Should the price goBill Berggren-7/27/1996
34 Let us know how the Borland Developers Conference goes!Michael Coley-7/24/1996
33 Michael, I was the one that corrected the original post. I agree with you 100%Fred Rahmanian-7/23/1996
32 I stand by my comments that I made on Usenet: <i>In a conference call laMichael Coley-7/23/1996
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