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- From: jackson@mailhost.aa.cad.slb.com (Jeff Jackson)
- Subject: IBM Dividend -- Speculation, please!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.162634.20563@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:26:34 GMT
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- Well, IBM is scheduled to announce what it will do with its dividend
- next week (Jan. 26 is the actual date, I think).
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- 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."
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- I'm going to stay away from the action myself but I'm interested to
- know what y'all think is going to happen.
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- 1) Will IBM cut its dividend? If so, by how much?
- 2) What effect will this action have on IBM share price?
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- 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.
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- Speculation, please!
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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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