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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: StaggerLee who wrote (5601)	3/27/1998 3:55:00 AM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

If any of you have access to the new Microsoft Investor, check out insider transactions; it's hysterical. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft eliminated this query feature in the near future. In the past year, there are about 50 insider sales, and exactly 1 buy. Paul Allen has dumped over $2 billion of MSFT stock since 4/97. I checked the Thompson report on Datek. Does Bill Gates really only have 11% of the shares? That must be wrong? Generally I only see insiders selling on these reports. They want to diversify. It doesn't necessarily say anything about valuation. However, in my opinion MSFT is one of the most overvalued stocks (apart from AOL, YHOO and Amazon of course). David

To: StaggerLee who wrote (5601)	3/28/1998 8:38:00 AM
From: J. P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

<In the past year, there are about 50 insider sales, and exactly 1 buy. Paul Allen has dumped over $2 billion of MSFT stock since 4/97.> I don't think this indicator means a thing with regards to the ability of this stock to increase in value in the future. Steve Case sold 60 million bucks worth of AOL stock and it continues it march upward. On the othern hand, the CEO of Amazon.com isn't selling any of his 600 million worth of stock, and I think that company is way overvalued by the market at this time.