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Technology Stocks : Creative Labs (CREAF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brian Lempel who wrote (13314)	1/12/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Nazbuster	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13925

Brian, what made it really hard to bail is that CREAF makes excellent products and runs a tight ship. My experience with PAIR, the leader in xDSL products, reminded me that being first, having the best products, money in the bank, and running a profitable business are not enough for Wall Street. Revenue growth, margin growth, earnings growth, and the ability to recognize and capture the core market opportunity is what makes a successful company produce a successful investment. Compaq makes excellent PCs, but DELL hit the market bullseye. Compare the stocks. Barnes & Noble (BKS) makes money; Amazon doesn't. Compare the stocks. UTI earns .77 and has a market cap of 133M; Yahoo loses .18 and has a 39B market cap. Go figure. Yahoo could look good by buying up a bunch of UTI's to get the earnings! They'd call it, OILDRILLING.COM. This experience has been a good one; costly, but good. Moving out of losers will be much easier in the future.