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Technology Stocks : Dell Technologies Inc.
DELL 119.71-2.4%1:06 PM EST

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To: edamo who wrote (114235)4/10/1999 6:00:00 PM
From: Bill Martin  Read Replies (3) of 176387
 
Re: ... Dell has made more than $3.1 billion playing the market, while the company's net income over the same period was just $2.5 billion. ...

forbes.com

If I take Forbes at face value, it sounds like DELL loses money selling computers and makes money only by selling puts on their stock. Obviously this doesn't match well with the general perception of DELL.

Is Forbes way off somehow, or is this as serious as it sounds? Surely DELL can't make $3.1B on selling puts without it showing up on their earnings statement. I personally don't see it anywhere on their 10K.

Does anyone understand where Forbes gets this from?

Thanks.

Bill

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