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         Daily Blog - Tiger Software

                                   1-13-2008

    
Biggest Losers in 2008
        Heavy Distrribution and Insider
        Selling Is A Common Characteristic.



    
William Schmidt,     - Tiger Software's Creator
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  Biggest Losers in 2008:
      Stocks Down 35% or More in First 8 Trading Days of 2008.


                         Heavy Distrribution and Insider Selling Are Commonly Seen in weakest stocks.

                We measure red Distribution in two ways.  There is horizontal accumulation, which is what the Accumulation
           Index (AI) measures over time.  And there is vertical or Current Accumulation (if indicator is blue) or Current
           Distribution (if the indicator is red),   ote the how the Red Distribution has waves that drop the
           indicator vertically below -.25.   This we term "insider selling".
  This is a primary sign of a stock that is
           vulnerable. Note that "insider selling" is not always by corporate insiders.  Big Money with connections to insiders
           are always a factor.   TigerSoft's proprietary Closing Power trends, you can see in the table below, range between
           35 and 45 for these very weak stocks.   Users will want to get our TigerSoft manual, Killer Short Sales in Any
           Market.  Some of the other key characteristics of good short sales are commented on below.
    

 
2008's Biggest Losers:  Days back= 8 
 12 / 31 / 2007 - 1 / 11 / 2008 
Rank          Symbol        Name                         Price        Pct.Gain    AI(0-200)     Closing Power 
---------     -----------------------------------       ----------    ------------  -----------   --------------
 1            GOT           Gottschalks               2.19         -35%           19              39%
Thursday January 10, 8:29 am ET Gottschalks Says December Same-Store 
Sales Tumble 13.8 Pct, Sees 4th-Qtr Profit Below Forecast

  Insider Transactions of 10,000 or more as reported by Yahoo.
15-Mar-07 FAMALETTE JIM
Officer
20,000 Direct Disposition (Non Open Market)
15-Mar-07 LEVY JOSEPH
Officer
10,000 Direct Disposition (Non Open Market)
21-Mar-07 SCHMIDT MIKE
Officer
14,000 Direct Disposition (Non Open Market)
4-Sep-07 LEVY JOSEPH
Director
40,500 Direct Disposition (Non Open Market)
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 2            NANO          Nanometrics Incorporated      6.42         -35%          117              44%
 
 3            PLCE          Children's Place          16.93         -35%           62              42%
  2007 Sales results. 1/10/2008
19-Mar-07 SILVERSTEIN RAINE
Beneficial Owner (10% or more)
100,000 Indirect Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.
19-Mar-07 DABAH RENEE
Beneficial Owner (10% or more)
100,000 Indirect Disposition (Non Open Market) at $0 per share.
21-Dec-07 DABAH EZRA
Director
22,000 Indirect Sale at $27.16 per share
 7 directors granted 190,000 shares on December 7th at NO COST.
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4            RFMD          RF Micro Devices           3.73         -35%           46              43%
    Insider Sales for last six months: 377,500 shares 
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 5            SPEC          Spectrum Control             10.03         -35%          111              46%
 6            SPF           Standard Pacific Corp.        2.2          -35%           42              39%
 7            VSAT          ViaSat                       22.72         -35%          139              50%
 
 8            BKUNA         Bankunited Financial Corp     4.48         -36%           39              42%
       Insider Transactions - http://finance.yahoo.com/q/it?s=BKUNA 
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9            MW            Men's Wearhouse              17.52         -36%          120              44%
   Yahoo reports insiders sold a net of 115,500 shares in last 6 months.
      George Zimmer sold 4 lots of 37,500 shares apiece since last June,
      at between 51.23 and 39.34. 
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 10           WRLS          Telular Corporation           4.4          -36%          157              51%
 Yahoo reports insiders sold a net of 180,414 shares in last 6 months.
 11           ACAT          Arctic Cat                    7.58         -37%           37              47%
23-May-07 DELMORE TIMOTHY C
Officer
44,999 Direct Sale at $19.38 - $19.38 per share. $872,0002
24-May-07 TWOMEY CHRISTOPHER A
Officer
10,049 Direct Sale at $19.37 - $19.37 per share. $195,000
25-May-07 TWOMEY CHRISTOPHER A
Officer
30,500 Direct Sale at $19.28 - $19.28 per share. $588,000
29-May-07 TWOMEY CHRISTOPHER A
Officer
65,500 Direct Sale at $19.23 - $19.23 per share. $1,260,000
8-Jun-07 SKIME ROGER H
Officer
28,600 Direct Sale at $19.40 - $19.42 per share. $555,000
9-Aug-07 NESS WILLIAM G
Director
2,000 Direct Sale at $17.51 - $17.51 per share. $35,000
13-Aug-07 NESS WILLIAM G
Director
4,000 Direct Sale at $17.56 - $17.56 per share.
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 12           LYTS          LSI Industries               11.62         -37%           82              48%
 13           MDTL          Medis Techn.                  9.73         -37%          104              44%
 14           RSTO          Restoration Hardware          4.2          -37%           77              38%
 15           SALM          Salem Communications Corp     4.2          -37%         47              45%
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 16           CKEC          Carmike Cinemas               4.43         -39%           60              40%
29-May-07 RHEAD ANTHONY J
Officer
54,963 Direct Sale at $26 - $26 per share. $1,429,000

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 17           GBE           Grubb & Ellis Co.             3.95         -39%          103              44%

 18           MERX          Merix Corporation             2.83         -40%           59              41%
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 19           MTH           Meritage Corporation          8.78         -40%           38              36%
 20           TLB           Talbots                       6.96         -42%           91              44%
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 21           EFII          Electronics For Imaging      12.88         -43%          128              50%
 22           ININ          Interactive Intelligence     13.96         -48%          100              48%
 23           BONT          Bon-Ton Stores                4.87         -49%           18              41%
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 24           IQW           Quebecor World                 .9          -50%           20              42%
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 25           WCI           WCI Communities               1.9          -50%           36              39%
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