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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 119.41-2.7%3:59 PM EST

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To: calgal who wrote (146068)10/29/1999 7:34:00 PM
From: rudedog  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
Leigh -
It was good to see some upward movement, but it is kind of sad when we stagger back above 40 and think that's a good deal.

Everything hinges on the earnings statements IMO - the share numbers, new initiatives, whatever all get discounted. DELL will need to show good top line growth, reasonable margins and have a forward-looking statement that somehow neutralizes the "prevailing wisdom" that PCs are a bad place to be with some credible justifications for future growth.

Looking at the IDC numbers, I can't imagine that DELL will miss the earlier consensus estimate of 20, and would expect them to be a few points over that. But as we have seen, strong earnings don't seem to move the stock up - they are a requirement to keep it from going DOWN!!

I was expecting us to be in the high 40's heading into earnings, not worrying about whether my Jan 40 puts would go sour on me. I hope the management team at DELL is looking hard at the spin being put out by IBM, HP and CPQ and has solid counters to those ideas. They will be almost alone in defending their market segment, which is right where their competitors want them to be...
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