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Some Short-Seller Favorites
COMPANY STOCK PRICE* YEAR-TO-DATE
CHANGE
800 TRAVEL SYSTEMS (IFLY) 6 1/16 18%**
A travel agency that is going nowhere, shorts believe
ACTION PERFORMANCE COS. (ACTN) 33 3/8 -12
A collectibles maker that will soon go out of style, shorts wager
AGRIBIOTECH (ABTX) 10 3/4 -37
A grass-seed company that, say shorts, is likely to go to seed
AMAZON.COM (AMZN) 222 1/4 638
This Internet bookseller is grossly overvalued, according to shorts
AMERICREDIT (ACF) 12 5/16 -11
If the economy falters, shorts believe, this stock will head down
CATERPILLAR (CAT) 46 1/4 -1
This machinery maker is seeing its growth falter, shorts claim
EBAY (EBAY) 188 1/2 298**
This Internet auction house has burned short-sellers--so far
INKTOMI (INKT) 125 3/8 248**
Shorts are wagering against this networking company
INTEL (INTC) 111 9/16 59
If PC sales falter, as shorts believe, fewer Intels will be inside
SYLVAN LEARNING CENTERS (SLVN) 25 1/16 -4
An analyst questioned its accounting, and shorts have piled on
* As of Dec. 14
** Since IPO
DATA: BUSINESS WEEK; BLOOMBERG FINANCIAL MARKETS
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Updated Dec. 17, 1998 by bwwebmaster
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