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To: Mephisto who wrote (23308)11/22/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: Alex Chun  Read Replies (1) of 64865
 
> Congratulations!!!!!

Thank you, thank you. Taking some profits after 4 1/2 years feels great!

> I am trying to remember if I like "Staples". It didn't
> join up with Office Depot, did it? I've always disliked
> Office Depot (not to be confused with the Home Depot).

No, Staples still competes with those other office superstores.

Staples is off-topic, so I will try to make this the last time I mention it here, but briefly: SPLS is a 30% grower with a strong balance sheet and excellent earnings predictability, trading at a forward PE of about 30. I highly recommend the 10/22/99 analysis in Value Line to anyone interested in finding out more. Also, see November 1999 Money, page 110.

> Do you have plans for your windfall, apart from paying
> huge income taxes? (g)

My plans for the money are exceedingly boring, I'm afraid.

1) Retire 100% of my margin debt.

2) Pay capital gains taxes.

3) Invest in SPLS (oops, I mentioned it again!).

Good luck!

-Alex
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