On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:44:57 -0600, chrisv wrote:
>>Microsoft's buyout bid was something like 1.5x the current asking price
>>of Yahoo stock. If you sold $100 worth of MS stock and bought $100
>>worth of Yahoo stock, then when MS bought it, they'd convert that $100
>>in yahoo to $150 in Microsoft, making a 33% profit.
>>
>>Is that so difficult to understand?
>
> Holy crap, you are *stupid*, Fuddie. You don't get the deal you
> describe unless you made your move *before* the market, in general, knew
> about the merger proposal. And in any case, there is the "risk"
> (something that you were blubbering about) that the merger may not even
> happen!
>
> There's ZERO reason to believe that Microsoft investors did (or would
> even want to do) what you describe, you fsckwitted moron.
>
> Jezuz it's simply *incredible* what an asshole you Micro$oft defenders
> will make of yourselves!
>
> The bottom line is that *no one* sells stock that they believe will soon
> go up. Period.
Well, some might, if they're manipulating stock prices.
-Thufir
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