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To: Patrick Thompson who wrote (2731)7/24/1998 12:32:00 PM
From: The Rancher  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 5232
 
in a year from now, CA may be back on track (per the article). but if it will be dead money for the next 2 to 3 quarters (or even 2-3 months), why not put your money somewhere else for the short-term, then get back in CA when it starts to move back up? i don't understand the compelling reason to buy CA "cheap" in the low 40's. i would rather miss out on 2-3 bucks in order to be sure that the stock is really on the way back up, not just a "dead cat bounce."
let's not forget that those who bought ORCL the day it blew up last oct. at $23-24 have now seen almost a 0% return over the last 3 quarters.

IMO,

-i.m. rancher



To: Patrick Thompson who wrote (2731)7/24/1998 6:40:00 PM
From: Gullapalli  Respond to of 5232
 
Long term Short term

This is a company by Charles Wang and for Charles Wang.
Investors knows when they were taken for a ride. Smart ones dumped it. Stupid one post like me respond to dumb postings



To: Patrick Thompson who wrote (2731)7/25/1998 1:21:00 AM
From: john dodson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5232
 
CA has had a good history of earnings. However, from this chart, it looks like CA's year-to-year EPS growth rate has dropped every year for 4, and what looks like could be 5 years now:

stockmaster.com

If that's the case, why is it such a great buy now, given that the earnings trend is down?

-John Dodson

P.S. Yahoo's stock quote/info on CA appears to be way off, showing a trailing PE of 43: quote.yahoo.com