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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: samoyed who wrote (6362)	6/28/2000 4:59:00 PM
From: SJS	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

Wednesday June 28, 4:26 pm Eastern Time Qwest, U S West meet with Arizona commission over pensions biz.yahoo.com

To: samoyed who wrote (6362)	6/28/2000 10:50:00 PM
From: Scotsman	Respond to of 6846

I think that the fall off in Qwest and the collapse of the Worldcom/Sprint deal are not coincedental. Basically, I think we have two things going on here that have impacted Q. First, the WCOM deal was stopped by the government. So it places a pall on any future buyouts of a telecom, such as Q. So many have sold off and took their profits. Based upon the Yahoo board, which you can take for what its worth, many have invested in Q only for the buyout possibilities. If this looks to be unlikely, I doubt they will hold. Second, with the baggage of Sprint gone, WCOM is probably going to go up. So many have rotated out of Q and into WCOM. I think its short term. If earnings come in good, and if the merger goes through, Q will do fine long term. But I think its a good 2 or 3 year investment, not a 6 month monster. JMO