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mlsoft, You still loaded to the Gills.
Posted by: mlsoft
In reply to: MyHunch who wrote msg# 64578 Date:1/14/2003 2:38:59 PM
MyHunch......
Because I am loaded to the gills with equipment companies and have no position in CDWC. I want to be short the stock, but need to wait until I can lighten up a bit.
mlsoft
Like I said the last few days. Market waiting for the other shoe to drop. We heard the other shoe drop last night.
The other day he said "hope your long..." Oh well..
That is WHY I am not trading. The Market can do what ever :). When the smoke clears I will be back.
That a good one. LOL But he is a keeper and we will out bid anyone on EBAY.
Hey, that is our Mascot. Without augieboo who would guard the hen house. hehehehe
Same ratio here in Houston. I also notice High end homes are not selling, only the 125K.
"The U.S. software titan said Wednesday that it would open the source code for Windows to governments and international organizations worldwide to enable them to beef up the security of their software, used for everything from designing weapons to managing money supplies."
MSFT up 2.00 tomorrow would not surprise me one bit. Matter of fact I am just tired of this BS market. Think I will stick with common sense investing,
duplicate post. IHUB hangup.
MSFT has CHANGED greatly in the last few days.
1. Allowing Open Source to Governments. Ie: Russia..BTW MSFT will allow 97% open source...the other 3% will share at the Redmond headquarters only.
2. Dividends for the first time ever.
3. Stock Split.
We are witnessing a major direction for mr.softy.
I thought Mr. Softy said he would not give out dividends. Now all he needs to do is expense options. lol
I am not watching CNBC but I bet they sucked many investors into buying MSFT after hours.
duplicate post
I am not watching CNBC but I bet they sucked many investors into buying MSFT after hours.
I can already hear them now talking about how many shares Mr. Gates sold recently.
Headlines now say MSFT beat by a penny. go figure.
Microsoft Posts Profit, Splits Stock
Thursday January 16, 4:56 pm ET
REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News) on Thursday posted quarterly sales and earnings that outstripped its own forecast and Wall Street expectations as a new software licensing plan lifted revenues, and announced a two-for-one stock split.
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It also announced its first-ever dividend of 16 cents per share, before the split, since going public in 1986.
Microsoft reported a net profit of $2.55 billion, or 47 cents per share for its fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $2.28 billion, or 41 cents per share a year earlier.
The Redmond, Washington-based software giant had forecast a profit of 45 or 46 cents, while analysts polled by Thomson First Call had been expecting 46 cents per share on average.
MSFT knew IMHO that if they did not split and div they would be dead meat with these earnings. I suppose they saved the stock price from a huge percentage selloff.
This post says it ALL. LOL
Posted by: Autosinger
In reply to: wahz who wrote msg# 65294 Date:1/16/2003 9:58:31 AM
Post #of 65706
so this is a bearish thread????
This time I heard the shoe drop. Then I could hear foot steps running in the grassy knoll.... bear footed I'd say.
I guess Technically MSFT is trading in HALF... 27.00 tonight. How you like that spin. hehehhe
MSFT puts out the split and div FIRST then minutes later releases results. Are they playing mind games or what.
Ouch! I just heard the other shoe drop.
Why is MSFT selling off
Those days are gone. But I wish you luck with the trade.
HUH??? That stock is worthless!!! What made you do such a thing.
175K trade on DROOY just now. Someone want the equity.
I was on to AOL BS long ago, even started a thread. I find it amazing a dial up provider market cap could be in the billions.
http://www.siliconinvestor.com/stocktalk/subject.gsp?subjectid=50931
Yes I agree too. I think funds are positioning the last few days for the dump. It's coming and their is nothing we can do about it. I predict lower lowers very soon.
Yep, and if they miss look out below.
Just not enough bad news to spiral the market. The market is waiting for some kind of signal. We will know the signal when the market marches.
Better than then losing money on the trade. Count yourself lucky. One time I transposed 2 symbols and bought at the market some hardly traded penny stock by accident. Needless to say I loss out.
Someone like RRI. 1.8 million share block bought.
double entry of post. delete
Zeevs got a patent on 222. hehehe
It was wise to short KLAC NVLS based on our discussion of capex yesterday. Congrads.
$4 Million trading loss in one day on one stock. Yikes.
No one is buying SURE. Up .02 on 30800 shares.
Microsoft to reveal code for Windows free
http://biz.yahoo.com/ft/030114/1042490784354_3.html
Tuesday January 14, 9:40 pm ET
By Paul Abrahams in London
Microsoft will on Wednesday announce it will provide the underlying code of its Windows operating system to governments for the first time.
The world's largest software group has decided to make nearly all the Windows code available to government and government agencies free in an effort to encourage them to use its software. It has already supplied it to Nato and the Russian government.
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The decision to reveal the code is a surprise. The code was described last year by Bill Gates, chairman, as his company's most critical intellectual property. During its antitrust trial, Microsoft resisted demands by rivals that it hand over its source code to competitors, arguing that it was a trade secret.
The move is aimed at strengthening Microsoft's position in the government software market. Government was the largest or second-largest customer in most markets, said Craig Mundie, chief technical officer of advance strategies and policy at Microsoft.
The company has been trying to persuade national governments to begin e-government initiatives. Mr Mundie said he was confident governments would not leak its intellectual property.
The group's effective monopoly in the PC operating system market has been threatened by the recent decision of a number of governments to consider using Linux open-source software. Mr Mundie said he wanted governments to see that Windows was secure and reliable.
Giving governments the access to the code, mostly over the internet, should allow them to improve the security of their IT systems, said Mr Mundie. The group would work with governments to help them validate the security of their Windows system.
The decision is part of the group's "Trustworthy" computing initiative. Last year, in an unprecedented move, Mr Gates halted all software development work at the company, while its engineers assessed the security threats to its products.
Microsoft will provide the code for its most recent version Windows XP, Windows 2000, its new Windows server product due later this year, and Windows CE, the operating system used in mobile devices. The company will also allow government representatives to visit Microsoft's campus to inspect a small amount of code not included. The group is talking to 20 governments and agencies and has signed agreements with 10.
Don't get upset. Your quote of "Most of the necessary expenditures have been concluded or are in the process of winding down." Investor pay more for companies like Intel because of growth ie: Gordon Moore of Intel. So I guess we should see intels profit rocket next quarter based on your theory. I think Intel statement mean batten down the hatch to weather a storm.