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Technology Stocks : MRV Communications (MRVC) opinions? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: WebDrone who wrote (10031)	8/14/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: Richard Birecki	Respond to of 42804

I doubt tommorrow will be too much different than today. We'll see. Buying at this price is like playing 7 card stud and being dealt a pair of jacks in the hole. Hey, you can lose, but if you pick up any other good card, odds are your going to win. Let's see how the cards are dealt. Richard

To: WebDrone who wrote (10031)	8/14/1998 1:00:00 AM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42804

i wish the article had run in baron's.

To: WebDrone who wrote (10031)	8/14/1998 2:08:00 AM
From: signist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42804

More Venting...Caution, children under the age of seventeen should not read this.This is Not for Seth's eyes because I promised not to mention a certain market maker. "More seriously, Intel dropped MRVC last year as a supplier of its Ether net switching silicon." Any individual shareholders read this in any 10q anywhere? And earlier this year, MRV acquired a switch maker called Xyplex from Whittaker Corp. (WKR), which has allowed the company to enter the wide area networking market. But the market is having trouble understanding how the two companies' products will mesh. "What's worse, MRV isn't followed much by Wall Street. Although institutions hold 38% of its shares, according to Zacks, analyst coverage of the stock has dwindled from four to only one. Perhaps most damaging of all, MRV is a networking company, and it isn't Cisco." No shit!...what a profound statement. I am curious how BEST talked their clients into buying stock in a company (Secondary)that "isn't followed much by Wall Street". I wonder how the shareholders feel right about now that bought this stock in the 30's? Why isn't Wall Street aware of MRVC and it's capabilities? What was all the "road shows" for...take analyst out to eat chinese food and to tell the world MRVC absolutely does not want to merge or be taken over. And now, that the stocks price is so low that management wants more money invested in the company to insure they get to play the game their way with other people's money. Management looks pretty market savvy right about now...and we couldn't understand why they issued the bonds, when they did. SSSSSHHHHHEEEEEESSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH! Maybe...just maybe management understands what Wall Street Visibility is all about after this. "I think the issue is people think the company is a real low end chip maker, but that's not the case." If management doesn't make people aware that MRVC is more than "low-end chip maker" who can? MRVC's idea of how to market a company is.... don't promote and let the price of the stock evaporate then it will attract attention? I have been long in this company for over two years but if the only hope we have for the stock to move over 20 is The Edge blaster to catch on big...KEYRISTTTTTTT! I know small caps have been in a market crash better that most here. I've got an ugly porfolio to prove it. So what, you say...get him a towel, I have been told by management in regards to how concerned management is about shareholder support (because they are shareholders too) and how management is addressing this issue. Bullshit! This was almost a year ago and we read today from My favorite Firm, BEST what a problem MRVC has with promoting the company to Wall Street. Still long but I don't feel this article will sell a share tomorrow. Shorts may cover because maybe The Edge blaster might start shipping real soon. John