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Technology Stocks : Qwest Communications (Q) (formerly QWST) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Roger Hess who wrote (3627)4/28/1999 9:10:00 AM
From: David Lawrence  Respond to of 6846
 
>>IF someone buys Qwest, is that the time to sell?

I bought US Long Distance, and did quite well up to and including their buy-out by LCI. I held the LCI shares, added to them, and did quite well up to and including their purchase by Qwest. I've held the Qwest shares and, needless to say, done quite well, somewhere around a triple. My overall cost basis is around $10.

I think if someone buys Qwest, I'll probably hold. However, if history repeats itself, we'll see wide fluctuations in price and a lot of arbitrage activity in the period from an announcement until a couple of months after a closing.



To: Roger Hess who wrote (3627)4/28/1999 9:19:00 AM
From: Michael Young  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6846
 
<<Isn't there some kind of axiom in investment circles that prior to the Hambrecht and
Quist technology conference you should sell, then buy after it?>>

Just the opposite. The axiom is that you buy techs in the fall and sell after the H&Q conference. The thinking being that techs have trouble in the summer. Although I've noticed they do okay in odd numbered summers.

MIKE