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Index
1 Overview: Wealth with Risk 3
Who Sells Short? 4
Why Opportunities for Short Selling Exist 5
Analytical Techniques: How to Detect the First Tremors of the Quake 7
Who Can Benefit from the Wisdom of Short Sellers? 12
Mechanics and Risks 13
Current Market Statistics and Growth Prospects 16
Caveats 19
Notes 20
2 Short Sellers 23
Short Sellers-The Alter Ego of Wall Street 25
Notes 39
3 Bubble Stocks 43
Harrier: It Just Didn't Add Up 44
Second Derivation: Medstone 53
More on Prospectuses 58
Notes 62
4 High-Multiple Growth Stocks, Part 1: High Risk, Low Return 63
Computers and Cabbage Patch Dolls: Coleco 64
Keeping Score with Baseball 67
Marble and Brass in a Grocery Store: J. Bildner & Sons 73
Lending to Franchisees: Jiffy Lube 81
Notes 91
5 High-Multiple Growth Stocks, Part 2: High Returns, Faltering Growth 93
Cott Corporation 94
Snapple Beverage Corporation 100
High Tech: Media Vision 105
Notes 112
6 If You Can't Read It, Short It 113
National Education 114
Autotote 120
The Weasel: Western Savings and Loan 125
Insurance Companies: Who's on First? 136
Notes 143
7 Money Suckers: Coining Money to Live 147
Summit Technology, Inc. 162
Notes 167
8 If You Can't Fix It, Sell It 169
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Escapes Maxwell's Money 170
Texas Air: Flying with Frank 175
Kay Jewelers Sells Out (or Tries to) at the Annual Sale 179
Morrison Knudsen 182
Notes 187
9 Industry Obsolescence: Theme Stocks 189
The Arizona Land Race 190
American Continental: What's All the Ruckus About? 191
Sun State Savings Acquired on Margin 198
Valley National: Uncharacteristic Wall Street Battle 201
Notes 207
10 All of the Above: Crazy Eddie 209
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