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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (58709)	8/17/1998 7:56:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

re whisper numbers article Interesting. Wonder if analysts play the number down to try to counteract the whisper playing it up. In any event, its all pretty short term isnt it? Or does it affect the long term performance of a less strong co than Dell? Freeus

To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (58709)	8/17/1998 8:45:00 PM
From: jbn3	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Whisper Numbers Thread, I have told you this before: "We found most of our whisper on investor Websites such as Motley Fool and Silicon Investor." We are the ones who set the bar too high, and cause the stock to fall when it can't beat the number I know we have a lot of fun doing it, but WE ARE THE ONES. DELL works hard to steer the analysts towards a number they can beat; then along we come and say, "What? The analysts estimate $0.42? DELL is going to do better than that... and we GUESS 0.47, 0.48, 0.50. " Sure, the stock may rise on 'our' whisper number, but it sure does fall when the company can't meet it, too. That's why we've been hearing whisper rumors, first about $0.51, and recently about $0.55. And if you check the rumors, you'll find that they appeared about the same time that the various threads started putting estimates out. And that is why I had a telephone interview about the whisper numbers right after the report in May. Where do the numbers come from? There's no collusion of Market Makers. Here's where they come from! Message 5520458 Regards, bachman.