3.5 Years Ago

GDT::Portfolio was started on 22 December 2000 with the following three investments.

   HGR   1500    1.07   Buy  12/22/2000   1605.75
   LNUX   175    9.00   Buy  12/22/2000   1587.00
   YHOO   100   14.32   Buy  12/22/2000   1443.25
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                                         $4636.00

The DJIA closed at 10,636 on 22 Decmber 2000.

On Friday, 14 May 2004, the DJIA was at 10,013, down 5.9% from 22 December 2000.

   HGR     $16.14   +1408%  [ 400 shares @ $1.07 up 1408%]
   LNUX    $ 1.94   -  78%  [2100 shares @ $2.35 down 17%]
   YHOO    $26.97   +  88%  [ 220 shares @ $8.38 up  220%]
Looking At Short Ratios

Bottom-fishing is impossible, but at some point and time may stocks are going to hit a bottom and move up. Firstwave Technologies has demonstrated that the last couple of days.

   DRRX  15.4   [no shares]
   HLTH  15.9   [no shares]
   LNUX  11.7   [2nd largest holding]
   SCOX  13.9   [no shares]
   AWA    9.5   [small holding]
   OPSW   9.0   [largest holding]
   SGI    8.9   [4th largest holding]

   Note:  3rd largest holding, EPRE, has a short
   interest ratio of 0.06.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
[Friday, 14 May 2004] Advance Micro Devices was added to GDT::Portfolio at the end of last week. AMD shares were priced at $13.87 and had a PSR of 1.28.
Applied Digital Solutions (ADSX)
[Tuesday, 18 May 2004] ADSX shares hit a new 52-week low of $2.05.
Entrust (ENTU)
[Thursday, 20 May 2004] Entrust announced that it will be reporting lackluster quarterly results that stock fell 9.3% closing at $4.30. The stock, before falling to an intra-day low of $4.12, hit an intra-day high of $4.90 when the company announced a partnership will Bell Canada, Canada's leading telecommunications company. Trading volume was 417% higher than the last three-month average (1.5 millions versus 0.29 million). ENTU's 52-week high and low have been $5.70 and $2.40, respectively. This stock has relatively high institutional ownership.
Epoch Biosciences (EBIO) [BUY report]
   BOUGHT   EBIO    1.93    05/19/2004  [Wednesday]

   trading history
   ---------------
   200, 1.93, Buy, 05/19/2004
   200, 2.17, Buy, 03/31/2004
   100, 2.35, Buy, 03/12/2004
   100, 2.45, Buy, 03/10/2004
   200, 2.70, Buy, 02/24/2004

   avg. cost per share is $2.38
Firstwave Technologies (FSTW)
[Tuesday, 18 May 2004] FSTW is up 60% at $3.21 from its recent 52-week low of $2 that was hit seven trading days ago on Friday, 07 May 2004.

[Thursday, 20 May 2004] FSTW shares opened at $3.92, 14% above the previous day's close. The stock finished the day down almost 5% at $3.26.

Lynx Therapeutics (LYNX) [BUY report]
[Friday, 14 May 2004] Lynx Therapeutics crashed almost 28% on Friday of last week. The company reported disappointing quarterly results. LYNX shares started this week priced at $2.31 per share.
   BOUGHT   LYNX    2.09    05/17/2004  [Monday]
Opsware (OPSW)
[Wednesday, 19 May 2004] A brokerage firm issued an 'Overweight' rating on Opsware stock around $7.30.
Yahoo (YHOO)
[Wednesday, 19 May 2004] A brokerage firm issued an 'Buy' rating on Yahoo stock around $27.75.

Author: Gerald D. Thurman [gdt@deru.com]
Created: 21 May 2004