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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (44723)12/6/2000 6:44:58 PM
From: robnhood  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
<< used mostly to
buy back stock and thereby artificially inflate per share numbers>>

I would hazard a guess that a lot of buyback money is used to take insiders out of their optioned positions on large prints. Yup, that's what I would surmise.



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (44723)12/7/2000 4:41:55 AM
From: chic_hearne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
I cannot wait until we are done with this election and are back to focusing on terrible business fundamentals and high valuations.



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (44723)12/7/2000 8:49:05 AM
From: Cynic 2005  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
Earlie has been pounding the table on IBM for about 1 1/2 years. You can do a search in his posts for IBM.



To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (44723)12/7/2000 9:23:52 AM
From: AllansAlias  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
Here's one for you in the category of considered but useless predictions:

I think this inital down will engender a bold bounce that will sow doubt in da bears, lead by -- ta, da -- the chippies.


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