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Technology Stocks : 3Com Corporation (COMS) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FaultLine who wrote (44349)	8/7/2000 12:34:40 AM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

not exactly late-breaking, earth-shaking news.... 3Com Corp. Reiterated `Buy' at Gerard Klauer By Michael O. Donohue Princeton, New Jersey, Aug. 4 (Bloomberg Data) -- 3Com Corp. (COMS US) was reiterated ``buy'' by analyst Michael Cristinziano at Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co. where? by who? :) mark

To: FaultLine who wrote (44349)	8/9/2000 10:58:28 AM
From: milkenshair	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45548

I had a post on E-Trade not having credited my account with my PALM from the distribution. The shares finally showed up in my portfolio on August 4, but only after I e-mailed E-Trade and asked WTF. So, did E-Trade give me my shares only because I asked to about them? Also, makes me wonder what they were doing with my shares between the 28th and when I actually got the shares on July 31. Interestingly, E-Trade credited my account with PALM at 39, since the issue had gone up in price. E-Trade said that PALM shares were distributed to all customers on July 31 and PALM was at $39 at the time. Makes me wonder what would have happened if the price had declined at that time. Also, I received all this information ONLY because I asked. Why didn't E-Trade tell me before or on the 28th how and when I would be credited with the PALM shares? I had COMS on margin at the time, and at least E-Trade did not give me a margin call on the COMS decline post PALM distribution. Seeing how E-Trade makes MILLIONS [$50m in 1999?] from market maker activity, I can just imagine the machinations E-Trade engaged in to maximize their profits on the COMS/PALM distribution. I don't use E-Trade anymore because in my opinion I think they rip off customers any way they can. I only have my COMS [and now PALM] shares there, Because I'm long on COMS and PALM, parking the shares at E-Trade is handy considering I don't use the brokerage for anything. I don't even log onto E-Trade anymore :) EOM