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Technology Stocks : Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mick Mørmøny who wrote (66596)	11/23/2004 10:36:49 AM
From: GVTucker	Respond to of 77400

Morgan Stanely removed CSCO from its Focus List this morning. They said that the analyst still likes the company, however they think that in general large cap stocks will underperform and that tech stocks specifically will see an outflow of capital for the foreseeable future.

To: Mick Mørmøny who wrote (66596)	11/26/2004 1:02:44 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 77400

So Cisco paid 4¢ a share in options to insiders and didn't pay its investors any dividend. 16¢ a share per year would be a 0.8% dividend. If we could get the press to report the news as simply as that... FWIW, I bought Cisco at $17 a share for the first time and sold it just shy of $24 and put the money into VLNC at $3.83 about 11 months ago. I can't see holding a company that had book value decline in a multi year period while is showed a net profit over the same period (earnings went out as options!) If I want to give startup wages via options, then I want a company like VLNC (amoung many others like CACS that I also own) that have startup like potential. I like GE over CSCO for buying large growth companies.... check out the dividend on GE...