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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?

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To: ToySoldier who wrote (17393)	3/8/1999 10:50:00 AM
From: t2	Read Replies (1) of 74651

Toy, It is simple. Risk vs. Reward. I don't see the same risk for Microsoft that I do for Novell and other small and big tech stocks. Even with all this negative PR-- and that the competition is out to "get" MSFT, I am still picking this as my only true choice for a stock pick. I think I would prefer to just buy the index if there was no Microsoft and to a lesser extent Intel. Even if MSFT does not move like Novell, I play options on the stock, realizing that as we approach earnings a lot of momentum investors will jump abroad realizing that MSFT is going to blow out the quarter again. Whether it blows out the quarter or not really does not matter to someone who riding April options (they expire before earnings release---based upon MSFT tentative release date). That is why I would buy call options on a conservative stock rather than spend money on a somewhat speculative stock. In my opinion the options are closer to being a sure thing compared a stock purchase of Novell (just as an example).

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