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To: Lucretius who wrote (40509)	5/5/1998 11:26:00 PM
From: Dell-icious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

and the afore mentioned low vol on this rally to new highs since 70, I cannot understand how one can compare volume after a split to pre-split, since the volume numbers pre-split get doubled. As none other than Jim P. pointed out on the DELL bear thread, people tend to buy 100 shares (or 1000 shares, etc), and continue doing so post split. So, while the average volume is 16 million, in reality it used to be 8 million pre-split. By that standard, volume is well above average (around 10 million over past few days, averaged). Dell-icious

To: Lucretius who wrote (40509)	5/6/1998 12:39:00 AM
From: Jack T. Pearson	Respond to of 176387

Note, sales percentages you calculated are quarter to quarter. Some quarters are stronger than others for all computer makers due to back-to-school and company fiscal calendar. If you believe market support falls before bad news, do you believe that increased market support, such as we have seen for Dell in the last two weeks, precedes good news? Did you see NOVA tonight? It dealt with the possibility of a really big meteor hitting the earth. Do you think that would be bad for a meteoric company like Dell?

To: Lucretius who wrote (40509)	5/6/1998 9:25:00 AM
From: K. M. Strickler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

LT, Interesting that you should post these sales figures: LT% KM% 1/31/98 3.7 B 16% 19.35% 10/31/97 3.1 B 9% 10.71% 7/31/97 2.8 B 12% 12.00% 4/30/97 2.5 B 4% 4.16% 1/31/97 2.4 B 20% 20.00% 10/31/96 2.0 B Now we are pretty close except for the 1/31/98 period where our math seems to have differed. IMHO, you have to compare Q for Q, so there is really only 1Q to compare, being 1/97 and 1/98. Using my figures a decline of 0.65% is not really an indication of a plummet. Regards, Ken