To: Blue Snowshoe who wrote (6500 ) 12/14/1999 5:18:00 PM From: Joana Tides Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Nice 65K Grub, Blue! Big Bill's in my portfolio too and his browser and stuff is what makes my computer run so BILL GAVE ME THE INTERNET (best toy i ever had, right up there with driving my car!) (Thank U Bill) so i wouldn't be betting against him either! Yeah MSFT did so nice today, wonder what the settlement'd be, and hope it favors giving Profit Opportunities to The Shareowners! Will admit freely and unafraid whatsoever of sounding like A Pig that OF COURSE what i'm hoping for is a breakup/spinoff to match ATT's mega give-out years ago ... and will also say that as some see a forced re-arrangement of Microsoft as being punishing to Gates & all for successful efforts (aside from the stuff that went wrong, not surprising with a co. of that size) or see it as liberalism or whatever .... to me it'd be sensible business to take advantage of economy of scale efficiencies reversals when going retro (Econ 101) from huge, it'd simply lead to more profits per dollar again for everyone involved anyway. Can't see how divisions becoming more tickers issued to shareowners could be viewed as anything but a lemon to be opportunistically squeezed by MSFTers down the line, same as ATT still squeezes theirs and the shareowners sure did get lemonade in the increase in value from all those shares. So many Companies have such incredible inherent value that the share price doesn't really match up to what's there, especially comparatively. For sure some stocks are way overvalued, too.... and another favorite trick the media manips use for a whacking stick is using momo startup stocks as an "overvalued market" yardstick instead of using The Real Giants like MSFT, ATT, GE, IBM, etc. as a measure of how share value compares to actual worth and market cap. MSFT is the Big Success Story of The New Industrial/Technological Revolution, and the shares of it are a Blue Chip Stock now. Lucky to get in on it early enough (it's just a baby, as Blue Chips go!)while it still has plenty more room to change & grow. Love Those Cores!! Without Cores, a portfolio is a will-o-the-wisp. cbsmarketwatch.com has a whole bunch of today's news for GE (type GE into search to see 'em).... 15% earnings increase expected in 2000, an increase for the quarter expected, AND the possibility of a split and a raise in dividend is mentioned; some specs on whether it should/would/will be a 2-for-1 or a 3-for-1 split too. Welch has no comment except that they won't be selling NBC and haven't decided on a successor...
