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To: senor slim who wrote (617)	7/9/1999 5:05:00 PM
From: John Solder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1222

Analysts look at two things: 1) Chicken bones scattered on the floor 2) Their paycheck

To: senor slim who wrote (617)	7/9/1999 5:23:00 PM
From: ----------	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1222

Obviously a lot of people missed SOMETHING. Sales had been moving up sequentially very nicely for 13 quarters. Last quarter was (I believe), the first quarter where earnings were not sequentially higher. This is how the analysts explained the drop from the 70's to the 40's. ... the momentum mutual funds by prospectus only own companies that post sequentially higher earnings each quarter. When a company slips, they sell. The BIG signal I personally missed was insider action. In the last 6 months there have been 10 reported insider transactions...all sells.* (*Source= S&P MarketGuide). Someone on this thread has stated insiders own 40% of the company. Per the S&P MArketGuide, as of 3/31/99 that number was 24%. (Thus, part of the basis for the flurry of litigation against the company .) Everything that had been posted up until "the bomb" was dropped had been rosy, IMO. I'm no analyst, not even a lawyer or a CPA. I can read the news, go to the company website & see what is there and read the consensus estimates posted at places such as YAHOO! quotes. Naturally, the questions that remain are :"What else do they know that they aren't saying?" Again, other than the facts stated & reference sources given, everything else is just my opinion......which if my opinion is only as good as my stock picking, it ain't worth a lot! Still long NEON and still very confused. Doug

To: senor slim who wrote (617)	7/9/1999 5:51:00 PM
From: Susan Saline	Respond to of 1222

>>> What were these analysts with price targets of $70 looking at. From the posts today, everything looks bleak. Is this all new, or has everone been overlooking these signs? <<< well heck ... didn't they lower their estimates AFTER it dumped? that's why they're called 'anal'ysts