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Non-Tech : Auric Goldfinger's Short List
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To: Mad2 who wrote (2534)7/6/1999 5:16:00 AM
From: BelowTheCrowd  Read Replies (2) of 19428
 
Mad2, another thought, slightly off-topic:

Have you noticed that if you listened to the quarterly commentaries from INTC, MSFT and CSCO, you probably NEVER would buy those stocks? Always the same thing: Growth is going to slow. Prices are coming down. Can't expect this pace to keep up forever. New competitive technologies are coming along and could steal the show. You name it, and they'll use it as an excuse to talk things down.

When's the last time you saw one of the profitless, poorly managed POS companies who are suing folks on SI make a similar proclaimation?

Probably never.

And the point:

Good companies don't hype themselves. They talk themselves down. They point out all the negatives. They call attention to all the same things that shortsellers often point to. Then they go back to the office, stop talking, and produce results.

I love companies that are more critical of themselves than I am.

Bad companies can't produce results, so they focus on other stuff. Blaming shortsellers. Suing people. Issuing press releases to counter postings on message boards. They can't produce and have nothing better to do.

Can you imagine Microsoft suing everybody who ever called BillG a "crook", or alleged that Microsoft was an illegal (criminal) monopoly?

Off my soapbox. Market opens in four hours. Time for sleep...

mg
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