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- From: byu@sys.toronto.edu (Benjamin Yu)
- Subject: Re: IBM Dividend -- Speculation, please!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.135228.20519@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto
- References: <1993Jan22.162634.20563@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com>
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 18:52:28 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.162634.20563@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com> jackson@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Jeff Jackson) writes:
- >
- > Well, IBM is scheduled to announce what it will do with its dividend
- > next week (Jan. 26 is the actual date, I think).
- >
- > The stock price has been hovering around 46 1/2 for the last few
- > days, but IBM option prices and open volume are way up. Looks like
- > a lot of people are "placing their bets."
- >
- > I'm going to stay away from the action myself but I'm interested to
- > know what y'all think is going to happen.
- >
- > 1) Will IBM cut its dividend? If so, by how much?
- > 2) What effect will this action have on IBM share price?
- >
- >
-
- I think:
-
- 1) IBM will cut at most 50% on the dividend since one of their
- business philosiphies is commitment to the shareholder.
- Cutting more than 50% is too much of a shock, I imagine!
- 2) I expect stock price will go up after the announcement since
- it will regain the confidence of investors. I think many (?)
- expected IBM to cut the dividend a few years back already.
-
- Benjamin Yu
-