Seren: Nice "verbose" post. One qualification, once and for all.......
I did NOT repeat NOT "lose" money on Novell. Normally, I don't publish my P&L sheet on a public BBS <g>, however, just to level set "one mo' time".
In brief:
12/95 - 11/97
13,000 shares at one point in time (averaged all over the freaking place).
August of 1997 - 10,000 (not all at one time) but NET NET was a "WASH"
tax loss .... so NET NET = ZERO!
November 1997, cost basis 8.556, sold remaining 3000 shares for a slight profit at 9 3/8.
BOTTOM LINE: 2 freaking years of lost opportunities, and a very small profit.
THAT WAS MY LOSS - "opportunities" (amongst a lot of interactivity with "snakes" in the palace --- on a "personal" basis who I found to be well... you figure it out...).
I hope this short, to-the-point answer clears up "your recap" of "my existance" on this BBS. I am flattered by all of this attention <g>.
And again, I WILL SAY CONGRATS TO ALL THE LONGS. I HOPE YOU MAKE SOME MONEY OFF THE SNAKES!
Clear now?
Oh yeah. One more thing. I WILL buy back in @ 6.50 or better (lower) and ride it for an eventual take-out.
Please preserve this post, as I don't feel like writing it again. You can cross-check everything I've said here for veracity, if you review the last oh, 8 or 9000 posts.
Regards.... |
