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Learning2vest

05/11/04 9:33 AM

#69307 RE: malko14 #69289

malko, guessing that when you say "the street" you are mostly talking about the funds and institutions(i.e., those big boys manage something like 80% plus of the cash invested in equities so when they move as a group, they pretty much ARE "the street"). After reading your ref post, it occurred to me that when those big boys get involved in a stock(i.e., like IDCC), they take control and individual investors are pretty much along for the ride.

Looks like the funds and institutions are moving as a group on valuation right now. Fundamentals(and reasonable P/E valuations based on those fundamentals), is back in style. Owning a stock valued higher than the current fundamentals will support is bad form for the professional money managers. They are "boiling the ocean" to find investment opportunities priced below fundamental valuations, and selling anything priced higher than the fundamentals will support. Net result is that stocks are being priced based on fundamentals.

That's just about the only explanation that I can come up with for seeing IDCC trade like it is right now. Apparently the big boys are ignoring what the future might hold for InterDigital and trading it based on the fundamentals in evidence. If that is true(?), the rest of us are along for that ride until either the big boys change the rules in their game, or news from InterDigital changes the fundamentals.

After expecting explosive value appreciation when "the street" discovers the earnings "potential" at IDCC, it's really amazing to see it being priced on fundamentals. Guess the good news for long term investors is that it's still not too late to get IDCC's future expections for free.

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TFWG

05/11/04 10:01 AM

#69315 RE: malko14 #69289

malko, I like your thinking, very bold. And I agree, it is hard not to see the upside of this stock. The market is in wait and see mode. I am not sure how long they will wait though, our momentum is gaining speed and the current price is a steal. Q2, IMO, will match Q1 [which considering the 700K extra handsets from Q4 booked in Q1 is saying something....or complete BS!].

3 to 4 points is easy....

Best,

Bob