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"Nobody does anything without anything in mind"
True. If Balmer made those statements after looking at projected revenue
going into Y2K and comparing them to what Wall Street wants, then people
were right to sell the stock. Or maybe he made them beacuse he wanted a
chance to load up on the stock before higher (way higher) earnings came
out. I mean it's possible. A lot of companies thinking Y2K was going to
be an issue may be saying, no way lets load up now, and are buying lots of
MS stuff. Like it or not, MS is a harbinger for the rest of the industry.
Again, the bottom line was Balmer made those statements, for whatever
reason, and that spooked a lot of investors so the market sold off.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gwenael Gautier [SMTP:ggautier@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 2:37 AM
To: 'omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: AW: Stock Market going to recover?
There is no harm in some irony... Otherwise, really what's the business of
Microsoft to say things are cheap or not? Nobody does anything without
anything
in mind...
Gwenn
| -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
| Von: Brian Massey [SMTP:bnm03@xxxxxxx]
| Gesendet am: Friday, September 24, 1999 9:27 AM
| An: 'omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx'
| Betreff: RE: Stock Market going to recover?
|
| Weather or not stocks are overvalued is a matter of opinion, or what
| Ballmer's true intentions is conjecture too. Ballmer spoke and people
| listened. A lot of people probably believe that tech that traditional
| measured of vlauation are obsolete. There are a lot of people who
probably
| believe that we're in a new era of economic prosperitu driven by
| unprecedented levels of productivity made possible by computers. You may
| not believe, but I'd bet there a lot of investors that do. This was a
| wake up call to those people. The bottom line ballmer spoke and people
| listened.
|
| Microsoft just boght Visio. How come they didn't do this "talking down'
| before buying them so they could buy them "cheap". Given the long term
| market env., I doubt any company that MS wanted to buy out would let
| themselves go "cheaply" even if their stock was temporarily depressed.
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Gwenael Gautier [SMTP:ggautier@xxxxxxxxxxx]
| Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 2:04 AM
| To: 'omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx'
| Subject: AW: Stock Market going to recover?
|
| Of course everything is overvalued. Their biggest problems is competitors
| growing stronger. what a better way to fend this off buy buying them
| cheaply...? So they talk them down.
|
| Gwenn
|
|
| | -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
| | Von: Brian Massey [SMTP:bnm03@xxxxxxx]
| | Gesendet am: Friday, September 24, 1999 8:54 AM
| | An: 'omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx'
| | Betreff: RE: Stock Market going to recover?
| |
| | When the president of the #1 software company and the largest company
in
| | the world comes out and says that most companies in his industry are
| | rediculously overvalued, including his own, I think that's impetus
enough
| | to cause a significant sell off. That's as good as saying, people
| | shouldn't buy our stock anymore because it's not worth the price. He
| | (Ballmer) used to beleive in perfect markets but not anymore? That's
| | enough to make me sell. Plus it seems like a lot of MS employees are
| | cashing in. My friend at the bank who deposits their checks is seeing
a
| | lot of MS tracffic convert to cash. And the checks are large. I don't
| | care though, up or down, as long it moves.
| |
| | -----Original Message-----
| | From: Robert W Cummings [SMTP:robert.cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
| | Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 10:12 PM
| | To: Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
| | Subject: Stock Market going to recover?
| |
| |
| |
| | Lots of negative press out about the stock market after today's
reversal.
| | Any options on whether this was just a big break today and will be
| followed
| | by buying tomorrow or we in for another sizable correction? Nite S&P
down
| | over 9 points bonds up strong.
| | Who was that Microsoft guy or mask man today geezer.
| |
| | Robert
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