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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO)
CSCO 75.19-0.1%Jan 16 9:30 AM EST
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To: Stock Farmer who wrote (47665)2/1/2001 4:35:58 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) of 77400
 
Great post. I vote for the free lunch. Because as a Cisco shareholder, I have benefited tremendously from their runup over the last 4 years. So the real question is whether this is a glorified ponzi scheme or what. If it is, then companies like Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, etc, who use options heavily will implode eventually. Maybe we should leave Microsoft out of it, since they aren't as acquisitive nor do they use pooling as often. So when the bubble bursts, the shareholders have more to lose, because they've put up their own capital. But I'd say employees lose and the IRS loses too. Because employees who thought they were wealthy, watch their wealth evaporate. Then they are just wage earners like everyone else. Also, the IRS loses on all the money they were making from the stock's inflation. Anyway, I liked your post. Well thought out.
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