Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (14406)	1/7/2000 10:01:00 AM
From: Boa Babe	Respond to of 54805

Thanks, Mike. So far I'm not seeing anything I didn't understand when I first started using margin. My "uncomfort" level has not yet been reached and if it does I know which shares I'll sell to cover and those won't be Q! I'll say goodbye to IBM and Softie first. As I'm typing this JDSU is up 13+, the NAZ has just turned to the up side and we're maybe gonna get some rain in my neighborhood...so far so good <g>

To: Mike Buckley who wrote (14406)	1/7/2000 1:42:00 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

OT .. LU Debacle .. Yet another example of how the 'small' investor gets left holding the wrong end of the stick .. The powers that be need to revisit this entire issue of earnings pre-announcements and warnings .. There was a time; not so long ago; that a company would announce it's earnings with a modicum of predictability, on a 3 month cycle, giving the investor the opportunity to take defensive action if need be ahead of the scheduled earnings release. It would be imho a much 'fairer' system if companies were in fact prohibited from making such disclosures prior to earnings release dates. It's bad enough that analysts notify top clients of pending ratings changes ahead of their press releases or 'use' those changes to effect buying/selling pressures that wouldn't normally be there to facilitate institutional trades. A way to reduce the abuses of 'selective disclosure' would be to eliminated the ability to 'pre-announce'; then the "analysts" might in fact do a little more of what they're paid to do .. If earnings are bad or going to miss the make .. then so be it .. just announce it on earnings release day .. much fairer all around than a 'random' event such as the LU announcement .. Jim in CT ..