Hi Frank. Thanks for your comments.
You're right. Rock solid financial information regarding Intel (heck, the whole stock market) is widely available on the Internet. I get my quiotes from Yahoo, DailyStocks.com, ..., like everybody else I suppose. But I did like seeing the commentary that Paul, Jules, and Jack provided within the thread itself.
No, I don't think I would have sold even if all three had gone wildly bearish. We each need to analyze our own financial situations, willingness to assume risk, tax implications, ..., and make our own decisions. I don't remember any of these three telling people to do what they were doing. But they stated their investment goals clearly and we all can learn from their experience. Their disappearance is a loss to the diversity and strength of this thread.
I kind of thought the comment that this should be renamed the thread: Intel for Idiots was rather clever. It certainly seems to be headed that way.
Breaking up the thread into specific topics is a good start. We don't all have an hour each day to wade through 100+ posts.
Yes, the Nasdaq is struggling and the techs are taking a beating. In the long run, there's nothing particularly unusual about that after the run-up we enjoyed, eh?
My background is in computer systems management, large and small, and I have used computers since 1974 and PCs since 1980. I love the darn things. I have seen PCs break the market for minicomputers; and am enjoying watching the merging of markets today: communications, entertainment, and computing. I fundamentally believe that the mass commercialization of PCs into homes worldwide is underway. Incidently, I am speaking from experience, having lived in Taipei, Bangkok, Nairobi, and Paris for the past 15 years!
In this regard, I can envision a world in which Intel (and AMD and Cyrix) are producing 10 times the volume of microprocessors that they are today. That could happen in 10 years. I hope it does.
Hopelessly long on INTC, Regards, Jim Ditsworth |
