the issue of MS covering/buying-before-coverage has been discussed on this board, CGS and YMB many times for weeks and months. I suggest that you do a key word search for MS, coverage...Nobody really heard anything for sure but that's a possibility that has been discussed over and over. To my knowledge, only Swampdonkey affirmed that he knew for a fact that MS coverage was coming and that the report was written, done deal. It just makes sense to assume that a big name like MS would just "drop the bomb" of the coverage without trying to buy before for themselves and/or their big clients as many shares as possible before the SP goes through the roof. that's how wall Street usually works, dont you think?
Very insightful in this respect is Newport's reply on the YMB:
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