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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (143412)	7/8/2006 3:20:09 AM
From: newportri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

It's called "getting out while the going is good." This is the financial planning principle that many insiders at internet and technology companies used when the Nasdaq went to 5,000.

To: carranza2 who wrote (143412)	7/8/2006 6:26:35 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

do these people have options each year to buy more qcom. if so perhaps they are balancing their personal wealth. why have your wealth and salary tied into one investment? Does it matter if these executives are producing? what matters are the results of qcom.

To: carranza2 who wrote (143412)	7/8/2006 8:50:04 AM
From: blimfark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

Goldman got rid of 10% or so of their holdings. Other big houses got rid of shares as well, although over all it looks like institutional investors increased their holding by a few percent. I'm so confused...I have to believe that we get a ramp up into earnings. Perhaps a little good news will limit the selling into any price appreciation. Or is that just wishful thinking?

To: carranza2 who wrote (143412)	7/8/2006 9:43:26 AM
From: quartersawyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

distinct pattern It's really difficult to assess a meaningful pattern, one that would assign sales to their appraisal of the company's future fortunes. For instance, it looks like a million or so options were granted at $17.47, which was either 2003 or much earlier (does it matter) and dumped more or less recently. Roberto Padovani, for instance has been exercising and selling 10,000 shares a week since last November, a lot of them bought at $17.47, Paul too. Sulpizio dumped 500,000 in May acquired at $16 something, perhaps granted around the same period. So if a lot of shares become exercisable at the same time it looks bad. I prefer Padovani's 10,000 week to the 2,000,000 reportedly dumped by whoever manages IJ's stock on June 9, when the stock traded 17M shares and dropped a buck and a half. [edit: I really am unsure of what I'm looking at here.. I don't understand even if what's in the tables reflects what really happens] [edit 2-- basically, again, I just need Q to stay off the SEC s-list]

To: carranza2 who wrote (143412)	7/10/2006 9:00:13 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 152472

Does anyone know how many shares are held by insiders overall? This figure could be small in comparison. I'd try to find out, but I wouldn't know where to start. Where's JonK and what does he say? More than 8,000,000 shares sold in the last year. Not all attributable to IMJ's program selling.