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Technology Stocks : Altaba Inc. (formerly Yahoo)
AABA 19.630.0%Nov 6 4:00 PM EST

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To: Ploni who wrote (1557)9/15/1997 5:46:00 PM
From: Don Westermeyer   of 27307
 
>Well, fundamentally, the P/E was 160 times next years First Call estimates, the price was 20 times book value, and 30 times sales.

Yah - I kept tell myself that too. I just can't believe anyone would buy a stock this far out of whack with industry norms.

Re Options: I do have some long term ones, but I don't really trade them. I only have an option account at Fidelity, and the commissions are outrageous.

Re Amazon: A fine company. It's stock price is (like Yahoo) is just way out of line with the rest of the industry. Actually I think it's still a good short, but most of the gain to be made short term is probably already done. Wish I'd shorted it last friday.
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