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Technology Stocks : BORL: Time to BUY! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (7183)	11/6/1997 9:14:00 PM
From: Neil Booth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

Sam, I don't understand all this talk about pricing a stock down to replenish stock. Common sense and market practice indicate the opposite. If you are bidding something lower and offering it lower, you stand a better chance of selling to someone, don't you? On the LSE, market makers lower prices to try to limit selling and encourage buying. Market makers / specialists / whatever, are no brighter than anyone else; indeed in my experience are at least as clueless as the analysts. The way some people talk about them, it's as if they're really clued up on what's going on, and have some deep insight into what everyone else is doing and what's going to happen next. They're just sheep like the analysts. Not one of 38 MSFT analysts dares to rate MSFT even a moderate sell. They're all "hold" to "strong buy". Where's the independence of thought? Neil.

To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (7183)	11/6/1997 10:28:00 PM
From: David Miller	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 10836

>>Clearly, Borland performed beautifully today<< Sam, I really, really tried to understand this post. I'm embarrassed to say that all I saw was a stock that closed 1/16 off, on 20% lower-than-average volume. It just goes to show that I lack the vision, and the deep understanding of the market nuances, that would allow me to contribute as meaningfully as you do. I envy your ability to find sufficient excitement in today's performance to use phrases like "Borland boomed back", and "tomorrow, I expect great things". If there is a chemical involved, I'd appreciate you sharing its name. david