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To: Poet who wrote (5884)4/3/2000 10:03:00 AM
From: Seldom_Blue  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8096
 
I am unsure about MSFT as a long term investment. PCs are dying. MSFT does not have a strong hold in the next generation of devices that will dominate the market, such as wireless or internet appliance. That is not to say that MSFT will not bounce up from its current low. It all depends on what the court does and how MSFT will compete in the new world.

How should one evaluate a gorilla if it is in a dying industry?

That is the real long term look. Short term, I dunno.

Seldom Blue



To: Poet who wrote (5884)4/3/2000 10:15:00 AM
From: Tim O.  Respond to of 8096
 
Poet,

Let us know what you do, would you?

thanks for sharing your thought on MSFT strategies.

i closed my short Apr95P for a 1.5 pt profit. could've done better but my broker's web interface for options is down this AM.

i still like the straddle or strangle strategy, but i couldn't get the price i like. i'll reassess when things settle a bit. i agree that MSFT has more downside. i'll probably write puts again when the bad news comes.

tim


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