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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LindyBill who wrote (2011)	1/8/1999 2:03:00 PM
From: BomboochaBoy	Respond to of 41369

AOL = Michael Jordan, Cramer says so... From TheStreet.com Perhaps the most ironic thing about this market is the shock, the disbelief, the utter horror of the severe underperformance of AOL (AOL:NYSE) in the last few days. Yes, I am being sarcastic. Never has a stock done so much for so many, and yet -- talk about a "What have you done for me lately?" situation -- people are exasperated that it hasn't kept pace these last few days. I have heard people say that AOL is losing favor because it doesn't have broadband. I have heard people say that it has problems because of transitions from the mid-cap to the S&P. I have heard people talk about an S&P jinx! Here's my take: Give me a break! Even Michael Jordan has a bad game now and then. You want to short him because of that? To me, I am waiting till he retires to short him. As long as he is playing, count me in as a buyer on those bad games. (Isn't it great that we no longer have to distinguish him from that underperforming Westinghouse Michael Jordan?!) I can't be a Cramer and claim MJ = AOL, but the Sky Is Falling complex is definitely in need of a rest...