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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 472.22-1.3%Nov 21 9:30 AM EST
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To: taxman who wrote (31130)10/26/1999 2:02:00 PM
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interesting point of view. so you're saying a shopper deciding between kmart, walmart, target, sears or penney checks the relative strength of the corporate owners' stock price

Not exactly. IT managers who make decisions are very aware of stock performances. They probably have options in their own company and maybe even invest in other stocks---i bet they would focus on tech stocks. So in the high end MSFT would benefit at the expense of an IBM. The drop in IBM is also sending messages to people in high places that maybe mainframes are on the way out--at least it puts some doubt in their mind. I don't have time to go into detail on my theory right now. I do feel that sinc people are putting money into markets in record numbers---there could be factors in peoples' subconsious that could affect their decision to buy a certain brand---one factor going with a winner.

If i ask you whether you would buy a Compaq or Dell computer--if identical features and price (maybe even if the Dell is a few dollars more), which would you choose? I would be willing to bet that people go with winners and would pick Dell. If Dell stock recovers,it will add momentum to their sales as well and then add to the stock price and so on.
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