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

To: Eric who wrote (67271)	3/9/2005 11:53:43 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 77400

Excellent! My predictions are coming true. If Chambers has said the company will pay a dividend, that means they are seriously thinking about cutting back on dilution if this stock expensing thing happens on 6/15. Here's my logic. Prior to cutting dividend checks, companies will usually embark on buying back alot of stock to whittle the o/s shares down. Then they also start to cut back on dilution. Then when both of those are under control, then they pay out dividends. Dividends are usually last, because they only do them when they will meaningfully increase the overall return to shareholders. So I stick to my prediction that Cisco stock will do well this year, particularly in the second half of this year. $24 is a very good possibility. It's nice to be a Cisco shareholder again.