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Technology Stocks : PSFT - Fiscal 1998 - Discussion for the next year
PSFT 0.00010000.0%Oct 29 5:00 PM EST

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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (358)3/31/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: Tom Smith  Read Replies (1) of 4509
 
OK, pop quiz.

Question #1: Which of the following companies qualified for investment two years ago as a potential "gorilla" in its market segment?

a) Boston Chicken
b) Komag
c) Netscape
d) Petsmart
e) Seagate
f) Sybase
g) All of the above
h) None of the above

Answer: (g) All of the above

Question #2: Which of these investments would have returned a profit as of today?

Answer: (h) None of the above

Question #3: What would be your total return over the last two years if you had invested an equal amount in each of these companies?

Answer: 46% loss

Question #4: Which of the following companies had a strong "gorilla" potential 10 years ago?

a) Apple Computer
b) IBM
c) Novell
d) All of the above

Answer: (d) All of the above

It ain't as easy as it looks.

Tom
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