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Skriven 2005-08-09 17:28:24 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
     Kommentar till en text av Ellen K. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: MSFT up while market tanks
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>


I didn't.

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 20:12:28 -0700, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com> wrote:

>So don't paint them all with the same brush.
>
>On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:01:15 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
>message <l0pff1lfekobnnrvmf1o0uf75laapfkd3d@4ax.com>:
>
>>
>>There are good ones on Wall Street, ones who do play by the rules.  Then
>>there are the ones that don't.
>>
>> /m
>>
>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 19:27:54 -0700, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I have cousins in the business on both sides of the family.   One has
>>>his own firm but it is specialized, they don't do any investment
>>>banking, only offer trading strategies not available elsewhere; the
>>>other recently retired as a partner from Goldman-Sachs... and when I had
>>>stock in a certain company and he knew they were going to be acquired,
>>>he didn't tell me because it was against the rules -- I sold a big chunk
>>>of it before the acquisition and thereby missed out on the profit I
>>>would have realized had I had that inside information.
>>>
>>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 21:36:26 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
>>>message <qnddf1lpc4mkdk39b03kta7v9khpav5b3u@4ax.com>:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>You should carpool with someone who worked on Wall Street.  You'd be
>>>>amazed.
>>>>
>>>> /m<and sickened....>
>>>>
>>>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 18:17:16 -0700, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Not sure if I ever got it, but I'll look in my piled-up mail.
>>>>>
>>>>>But the more I think about your message I don't think that's the case --
>>>>>the average daily volume of MSFT is huge, way too big to manipulate.
>>>>>
>>>>>And anyway, who do you think are the "clients" of the "Wall Street
>>>>>firms"?
>>>>>1.  pension funds, where "Main Street" has their retirement money; and
>>>>>2.  mutual funds, where "Main Street" has their personal savings.
>>>>>
>>>>>John and Mary Doe hardly have any direct holdings.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:15:14 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
>>>>>message <jv8df1tnv54oen6e2jvmfa44166isfahqm@4ax.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Last week's issue, I believe.   Don't remember the title.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /m
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 14:07:57 -0700, Ellen K. <72322.1016@compuserve.com>
>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I didn't see that, what was the date and title?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 17:00:27 -0400, Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com> wrote in
>>>>>>>message <0dtcf1dviag9omoua50gepd4cf9pliin09@4ax.com>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>The Wall Street machine has started to pump up Microsoft stock.  For
>>>>>>>>example, last weekend Barron's had an article about how underpriced
MSFT
>>>>>>>>is.   This pumping comes after a long period of very quiet accumulation
>>>>>>>>of MSFT by the Wall Street firms and their clients.  Now those firms
>>>>>>>>pump it up, and when it reaches their price targets, those very firms
>>>>>>>>start the distribution process, transferring the stock from Wall Street
>>>>>>>>to Main Street.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Also mentioned is the pile of money that Microsoft has stolen via its
>>>>>>>>monopoly, and the possibility of another large payout.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /m
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:46:37 -0700, Ellen K.
<72322.1016@compuserve.com>
>>>>>>>>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Everything else is tanking today and Microsoft is up 1.69%.  Only
thing
>>>>>>>>>I could find in the news that could possibly be driving this was the
>>>>>>>>>below:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>REDMOND, Wash., Aug 04, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
Microsoft Corp. ( NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced the appointment of Kevin Turner
to the role of chief operating officer. Turner, 40, will be responsible for the
strategic and operational leadership of Microsoft's sales, marketing and
service professionals on a global basis as well as the company's fulfillment
and IT operations. Turner most recently served as president and chief executive
officer of SAM'S CLUB, a warehouse club operation with over $37 billion in
annual sales, and executive vice president of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., where he
was responsible for all operations for SAM'S CLUB locations in the United
States. Before that, Turner served as executive vice president and chief
information officer for Wal-Mart, a role in which he oversaw all information
systems operations for the company worldwide.

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