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loniee

08/25/09 11:42 PM

#173784 RE: wadirum1 #173780

I have yet see one that soon as it came out it was comeing that the stock didn't tank..everyone heading for the exits..Company has been buying shares...if they planned an R/S they would have never wasted the time or money to buy them..IMO
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Millenium323

08/26/09 12:05 AM

#173793 RE: wadirum1 #173780

I agree and below is an example of two R/S that worked recently particularly GGC. Having said that I dont believe management will do one as they said they werent really considering one. In this instance a reverse split dried up the float and forced a short squeeze. It is one way to attack a naked short position. As the article says GGC went from $7 to $36 dollars in five trading days after the reverse split.

Analyst says short squeeze likely driving AIG gain

GGC NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Investors who were short shares of American International Group /quotes/comstock/13*!aig/quotes/nls/aig (AIG 24.57, +1.27, +5.44%) before a recent 20-for-1 reverse stock split are scrambling Wednesday to buy scarce shares to cover, driving the stock up more than 50%, according to Miller Tabak analyst Peter Bookvar. Bookvar said he's seeing a similar situation with shares of Georgia Gulf Corp /quotes/comstock/13*!ggc/quotes/nls/ggc (GGC 34.72, +1.40, +4.20%) , which also recently did a large reverse split. "GGC is another stock that had this big reverse stock split, and its stock went from $7 to $36 in five trading days. It's another example of where the float has dramatically shrunk, and now there's a massive short squeeze going on," Bookvar said. "There is certainly no news to account for it (AIG's stock move), he added.
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Smooth

08/26/09 12:17 AM

#173799 RE: wadirum1 #173780

This site indicates not much of a short position, yet I hear this babble about a HUGE short position that could create the MOASS. What makes people think there is a huge nss position?

http://www.shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=spng&submit=Short+Quote%99

I don't "get" it??????