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Biotech / Medical : Merck -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LTK007 who wrote (616)	3/10/1998 11:00:00 PM
From: RavBruce	Respond to of 1580

Tom, We have held Merck since the early seventies. I have said before that the dividend is now close to half of what we paid(for many years we reinvested all, but now I only reinvest on the dividend shares and not the original ones.) The dividend shares are more than 1/4 of the total. Splits only add more shares worth the same thing. If the market ever reverts to "normal," all of this rediculous dividend hype will cause people lots of pain. Bruce PS The Lucent discussion group had 30+ messages about stock splits if anyone wants to hear more.