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To: devil ray who wrote (11783)	4/18/1998 10:46:00 AM
From: Phillip C. Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

<<** Warning to Apple sharehlders*** I don't think this stock is affected by market makers manipulation. On the Ascend thread everybody was talking about it all week. They said the mm's were keeping asnd at or below 40. Then on friday it closed over 42, so I think that theory should be tossed out the window. The simple reason it went down yesterday was that more shares were being sold than were being bought.Remember revenue was down. Maybe that's why the stocks down. I think Apple should use the profits from the last 2 qts. to pay for their funeral expenses. Apple is a dying company that is making a few last gasps and will probably bite the dust in the next few years. I have never even seen an Apple computer in the corporate world. I still think the stock will be up short term so I bought some july30 calls. Hopefully I can use the profit for a nice new DELL computer. Remember this is no IBM. There are more cockroaches that loom around the corner and termites are eating away that are not yet seen. Sooner or later the house will collapse.>> I think you should go to the hell. We don't care whether you buy Apple's call. Irrational post is not welcome here unless you can utter out any damn negative reasons from your dirty mouth. Phil

To: devil ray who wrote (11783)	4/18/1998 2:50:00 PM
From: Randy Tidd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

> I don't think this stock is affected by market makers manipulation. > On the Ascend thread everybody was talking about it all week. They > said the mm's were keeping asnd at or below 40. Then on friday it > closed over 42, so I think that theory should be tossed out the > window. The simple reason it went down yesterday was that more > shares were being sold than were being bought. I have always been skeptical of these "market manipulation" conspiracy theories. I guess it's tempting to believe that there is an organized group of ultrapowerful individuals that can bend the price of a stock to their will... maybe it's the same people that have Jimmy Hoffa's body? Maybe there will be an X Files episode about this soon... However, I suppose market manipulators provide as good an explanation of the day-to-day stock price movements as any. The daily movements of a stock are under the influence of so many variables that the activity is effectively random. If anyone out there can demonstrate to me that they can predict the short-term movements of a stock based on anything besides luck, I'd be highly impressed. But you shouldn't waste time talking to me since you could make yourself a billion dollars. It is more interesting to take a longer-term view of the stock. I think Apple's picture over the next 6-9 months is pretty good. They've demonstrated that they can combine a hot product, strong marketing, and operational efficiency to run their core business. Selling 3,600 computers per DAY is not the sign of a dying company. I'm very interested to see what they announce at WWDC on May 12. Randy

To: devil ray who wrote (11783)	4/19/1998 12:17:00 AM
From: WebDrone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

<I don't think this stock is affected by market makers manipulation.> Ha ha! You actually made me laugh! Thanks! I believe MM manipulation commonly goes on, perhaps we saw a little of such on Friday, perhaps not. So Ray, c'mon- short the stock, or add to your short. Watcha holding? Me, I'm long since December 30. In at $12 15/16. I hope this will be a tripple-bagger for me before 1999. I think $39 might be a few bucks too optimistic, but we will see. Richard