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- Subject: Re: IBM Dividend -- Speculation, please!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.140832.63057@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 14:08:32 MDT
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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?
- >
- >
- > My own guesses:
- > * IBM will cut its dividend by at least 50%. I would not be
- > surprised to see a 2/3 cut.
- > * This cut will spur the institutions into selling blocks of
- > IBM, which will temporarily drive down the share price to near 40,
- > followed by a rebound as other investors snap up the cheap
- > stock.
- >
- > Speculation, please!
- >
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- My guess is that the share price of IBM now is already taken the
- divident cut into consideration. I will be surprise to see it drops below 45.
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- Jack Teh
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- > - JWJ "Ann Arbor people have money, but they don't like to spend it."
- > - A Comfort Inn manager, on why the Berkshire Hilton failed
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