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To: Robert Scott Diver who wrote (7684)6/5/2002 9:14:20 PM
From: Charles Tutt  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8218
 
Given two companies identical except that one has billions in debt and the other is debt free, I'd take the one without the debt. So it is a negative. You can argue that other factors outweigh it, and I might even agree, but you can't turn debt into a positive.

If nothing else, it makes it harder for the company to take on debt. <g>

JMHO.

Charles Tutt (SM)



To: Robert Scott Diver who wrote (7684)6/5/2002 10:02:44 PM
From: Captain Jack  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8218
 
"massive debt" is relative. $1K could be horrendous to one on welfare but just a check away for another.



To: Robert Scott Diver who wrote (7684)6/6/2002 3:55:43 AM
From: Jacques Newey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8218
 
Robert,

"What, specifically, is negative about IBM's debt?"

How about the interest that has to paid on that debt?

Jacques


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