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Technology Stocks : Natural Microsystems [NMSS] -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ted The Technician who wrote (29)	4/3/1998 6:56:00 PM
From: Ted The Technician	Respond to of 308

Natural Microsystems Corp. (Nasdaq:NMSS - news) , which designs hardware and software products for computer telephony service providers, slumped $8 1/8 to $30 1/4 after saying it expects fiscal Q1 EPS of $0.18 to $0.20, short of the First Call mean estimate of $0.23. Last week, the company's CEO joined analysts in reassuring investors that rumors of delays by the firm's suppliers were "unfounded." The rumors were associated with the firm's Fusion 2.0 telephony product introduced last month, according to First Albany analyst Herb Tinger. Since the product is available and is currently being shipped, the suppliers appear to be doing their jobs. The problem is that customers are delaying their purchases of the product, Tinger said. "I thought there was pent-up demand (for Fusion 2.0), but that does not appear to be the case." That misjudgment prompted him to lower his rating on the stock to "buy" from "strong buy." --From Yahoo

To: Ted The Technician who wrote (29)	4/17/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Toby Zidle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 308

Has everyone here moved to the Yahoo board?? I'm astounded....no postings since the big down-day, despite the nice price recovery and today's action of as much as a +$4 move! I couldn't get rid of my April $30 options yesterday at even 1/16 bid. No takers. Today they sold at over $2, for a 200% gain. So many people on SI operate on the 'market-maker conspiracy' where they think price manipulation for MM profit is nearly the sole reason for price moves. How does today's move fit into that theory?