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272,300 @ 24.85 @ 16:47 (eom)
spree -- I don't take the sort of crap you've been dishing out this am from anybody -- your ranting is laughable considering the bombs you've been throwing while hiding behind your own anonymous handle, where you started this -- my original comment this am was perfectly civil, and if you'll recall I am not one of those who'd been after you about your posts being OT
you're the loser with the big mouth and attitude -- like I said, just be glad we're not in person
spree -- just be glad we're not in person right now
pacx just bought 9800 @ 25, now bidding for another 2600 @ 24.60 (per L2)
yup -- @ 23.47
Danny -- you still need the press release in the first place to feed the info into the whole internet (and other media/means and forms of distribution) -- even with e-mail alerts [or even a press release (. . .)] stating that an announcement has been placed on the company's own website, simply putting an announcement out only on the company's own website, which (among other things) not all internet users will ever be able to access at once, will never be enough imo
Danny -- that wouldn't be a good bet -- for good reason, the primary means of disclosure to the entire market at the same time is the press release -- I strongly doubt that that will change at any time in the foreseeable future
Clarence -- somebody has to have written, and has to 'maintain', the algorithm (. . .)
an announcement at the conference would require a prior or simultaneous pr
understood -- but it's still not just chips, as the new micro-HDDs illustrate
as your article points out, Moore's law is an exponential function -- plus there's more happening here than just Moore's law/chips . . .
And all the while the technology for well-nigh incredible cellphone(/etc.) capabilities continues to develop essentially exponentially (recall also e.g. today's IFX announcement of 1/2-gig flash memory chips):
GS Magicstor Inc. Unveils Groundbreaking 1" HDD at 2004 International CES
January 2004 (Newstream) -- GS Magicstor Inc. today introduced its new series of 1" Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) with storage capacities up to 4.8GB, the largest capacity available in the 1" form factor. This exciting new product launch affirms GS Magicstor's leading position as a global pioneer in 1" HDD technology.
"By using the same, current technologies available for the high-volume hard drive production, the Magicstor 1" HDD is able to meet today's increasing demands for high-capacity handheld electronic devices such as the Digital Cameras, PDAs, laptops, MP3 players, handheld digital video players, and other portable consumer electronics," said David Wu, CEO of GS Magicstor Inc.
Available in capacities from 2.2GB to 4.8GB, Magicstor's 1" HDDs feature multi industry-standard interfaces, such as CFII, USB and IDE/ATA, providing both general users and OEM/ODM manufacturers with dynamic new application opportunities.
"The Magicstor 1" family has successfully created cost-effective storage solutions for products with revolutionary features and functions, we are very excited about the new opportunities for low cost USB portable storage products" added David Wu.
Building the success of its flagship 1" HDD at 2004 International CES, Magicstor is announcing the developing of a 0.8" HDD for the cell phone and audio/visual products industry. Smaller than the 1" HDD currently produced by GS Magicstor and by Hitachi Global Storage Technology, and less than half the size of the 1.8" hard drive, Magicstor's 0.8" HDD is set to revolutionize new consumer electronic products.
GS Magicstor Inc. is the premier member of China's official Industrial Development Project in Guiyang, Guizhou, which is emerging as the world's leading areas of multi-national research and production of next-generation HDD technology. GS Magicstor is producing 1 inch hard drives for both the China internal market and the world market of Digital Consumer Electronic products.
Issued on behalf of GS Magic Group. For more information, please contact Summer Bu or Anita Hung at telephone (86) 755-8366-7909, Ext.813
E-mail: summerbu@gs-magicstor.com
http://www.gs-magicstor.com (general website)
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http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?11864
and over 520k in the first 80 minutes . . .
net out the 414,931 options -- that statement can only have referred to actual shares owned
Could someone please post the text of the IDCC response to Forbes here? -- for some reason my reader won't open it -- TIA
could be -- but they're not getting any of mine until we're at least close to a new all-time high . . .
somebody became impatient -- volume for the day has doubled in the last 10-15 minutes, from about 150k to >300k . . .
well, come on in then, already!
mschere -- what you posted earlier did not name the companies presenting
(BSNS WIRE) InterDigital to Present at the Sixth Annual Needham Growth Conference
High-Tech Writers / Business Editors
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--6th Annual Needham Growth Conference
--
InterDigital Communications Corporation (Nasdaq:IDCC),
a leading architect, designer and provider of wireless technology and
product platforms, today announced that Charles "Rip" Tilden, Chief
Operating Officer, will present at the Sixth Annual Needham Growth
Conference. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, January 7,
at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time at the New York Palace Hotel in New
York City.
Interested investors can access a live audio web cast of the
Company's presentation at www.interdigital.com. A replay of the
presentation will be available for 30 days following the conference.
About InterDigital
InterDigital architects, designs and provides advanced wireless
technologies and products that drive voice and data communications.
The Company offers technology and product solutions for mainstream
wireless applications that deliver cost and time-to-market advantages
for its customers. InterDigital has a strong portfolio of patented
technologies covering 2G, 2.5G and 3G standards, which it licenses
worldwide. For more information, please visit InterDigital's web site:
www.interdigital.com.
SOURCE: InterDigital Communications Corporation
CONTACT INFORMATION:
InterDigital Communications Corporation
Media Contact:
Dawn Goldstein, 610-878-7800
dawn.goldstein@interdigital.com
or
Investor Contact:
Janet Point, 610-878-7800
janet.point@interdigital.com
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39.6k @ 21.05 (eom)
hookrider -- we're not gonna need any bus tickets home
multiple blocks above the ask -- gotta love it
quartzman0 --
Not surprisingly, I agree -- good post.
Implied but perhaps not stressed strongly enough in your post is that fund managers, even if they are focused on the right type of investment, i.e. emerging small(er)-caps, are also limited by the need to maintain at least some degree of diversification. I doubt any could make a very few very large (and very stubborn) bets the way I and others like me do -- within the first year after I began in '97, I took positions in more than 10 different equities; since then, I've closed out a few in which I lost interest/confidence (fortunately with no significant losses, and with a couple of nice gains), and I've also closed out several significant winners, in every instance doubling down on ones I continued to hold; I'm now down to only two. Once I begin closing out these last two positions, I'll re-start the process with a very few select new positions -- just now beginning to look seriously for new equities to build a new watch list.
mack -- so what? -- it wouldn't have changed my approach one bit if I had known for certain ahead of time that that would happen; I well understood that possibility, and I had and still have no intention to sell any shares until my personal target is reached -- as it turned out, I used the resulting price action, combined with a contemporaneous opportunity to close out another long-term position with a greater than 1100% gain, to increase my position by 1/3 at about $12/share off the recent high this past October (and reduce my margin balance a bit to boot -- over 80% equity in my margin account at this point)
scooby5 --
Based on current value, a bit over 85% ($10.30/share average cost) -- playing this one for keeps, lol. My personal target remains "somewhere well north of $50/share"; I expect to see that by 2 years from now, and quite possibly well before then.
Dishfan --
Fund managers and analysts are in absolutely no way a proxy for me or others like me. They quite literally cannot take the risks, or have the patience, that we do, where taking those risks, and having that patience, is central, essential, to what we do -- to wit, find the stock (a treatise I haven't written yet; good picks are ALWAYS out there), get in early (by definition) and big at what is seen as a favorable price, and then (generally speaking the hardest part) just watch and wait, ignoring short-term negatives/setbacks so long as the longer-term outlook retains its integrity.
As for data, all I need or care about are my own results. To me, the data to which you point are strictly of the 'No $%, Sherlock' variety.
And of course there are no guarantees; sometimes one is correct, sometimes one isn't -- I could end up with nothing, losing all I've gained, though of course I strongly doubt that will happen -- we'll see . . .
Dishfan -- btw, my declarative statements are not intended to come across as hostile -- it's just that efficient market theory is one of my pet peeves, lol
Dishfan --
The ONLY thing that the studies you reference show is that the absolute LAST way to capitalize on the inefficiencies inherent in the markets is to invest in ANY sort of managed fund -- PERIOD.
To be an "outlier" such as I have been, you have to be a stock picker with a high tolerance for calculated risk who is willing to concentrate his or her holdings in a very few select perceivedly undervalued small(er)-cap equities with the potential to significantly outperform the market (whatever the market conditions) based on their own business prospects and performance. I will not buy a stock unless I believe that it is likely to increase at least 2 to 3 times in price within 2 to 3 years. And I will NEVER invest in ANY fund.
Dishfan -- re your "thousands of studies showing the near impossibility of outsmarting the market" (and beyond asking for cites to even just a select few hundred such studies):
Just how is it possible, then, that (1) the total equity in my accounts is now more than ten times the amount I started out with back in the spring of '97 (after having since paid all my taxes, more than that starting amount, by draws from those accounts, and also after having since drawn out considerably more than that starting amount for various other purposes; and also, to be clear, where I have not put any additional funds of my own into my accounts beyond that starting amount), and (2) the total equity in my accounts will at least be approaching, if not more than, thirty times that starting amount when IDCC hits 50 (depending on the performance of the other stock that I own and the size of the additional draws that I will make from my accounts between now and then)?
Perhaps this is just a conceit of mine, but it seems to me that that simply has to count as "outsmarting the market". And I'm definitely not the only one; I personally know of others who have achieved significantly outperforming results. (BTW -- while of course I take account of the charts when making buy and sell decisions, I am not a TA trader, nor any other kind of trader for that matter. Also, I have never sold even one share of IDCC -- I totally missed out on cashing in on the [particularly grossly inefficient] late '99 run.)
The markets are efficient, oh please . . .
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so you don't like IDCC, then go away and never come back (as you promised you would, long ago -- apparently keeping your own promises is something you do not feel honor-bound to do)
your spamming here is totally out of line -- go 'chat' on those boards dedicated to the stocks you like
Hey mack --
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=766938
also -- take your spam and shove it
and I sometimes get in a bit of trouble by being too blunt, sorry
actually I agree with much of the larger thrust of what you're saying -- I just think you are glossing over the MFL point to an extent, in that some of the compromises you clearly contemplate as part and parcel of being strategically creative necessarily will involve some givebacks/benefits to other licensees under their MFLs -- where that isn't necessarily a bad thing or something that should never be done but instead in each instance depends on the actual costs involved versus the (strategic) benefits thus gained, and where there is a considerable value in establishing as uniform a schedule of royalty rates as possible that should be taken into account in every such instance -- that's all
re HTC's royalty rates, I think it is entirely reasonable to assume that those rates are at least comparable to the rates being paid by other IDCC licensees, of course remaining mindful of having made that assumption, until we have evidence to the contrary
yes those were my words, which I used to make my point
and of course, you never answered my point -- instead you just quit and walked away uttering a snide comment on your way out -- very impressive
well those wouldn't be apples-to-apples cases, then, would they?
things can indeed be done without setting off MFLs; but straight-up different rates for the same thing, most specifically lower rates agreed with later-signed licensees, are inherently problematic no matter how creative one may (try to) be -- in fact, the QCOM example you posted precisely proves that point given the uproar that resulted and the position QCOM was forced to take in response
(btw, I doubt if I'd really be surprised -- I have some background)
of course working legitimate other factors into given deals as appropriate is fine, as very broadly illustrated by your otherwise not relevant excerpt from QCOM's site
on the other hand, your post clearly recommended that IDCC accept different royalty rates from different licensees in apples-to-apples cases, which would be stupid
geez louise, have you ever heard of MFL provisions!? -- the last thing IDCC needs is a new and different royalty structure with each new licensee
Danny -- thank you for COMPLETELY missing my point -- had NOTHING to do with Franky's 'skepticism' -- and worry about your own blood vessels, mine are just fine