Re: Why is Lou selling some shares

[ken shields <kjs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When they sold all their stock, that resulted in Enron's collapse.
My guess is, they squirreled in another account in that offshore trust,
and are all laughing.


Chris Rehm wrote:
>
> Well, the perception of that is probably what cost IBM shares $2
> yesterday. But I would doubt it's true.
>
> One thing to note about Enron, and all major corporations, is that they
> paid their execs partially in stock options. Stock options are great,
> but you can only spend them if you sell the stock. So Enron execs were
> selling their stock long before there was any sign of trouble, because
> that is how they collect their money.
>
> Lou is selling his stock to collect his pay with IBM. If he doesn't
> start selling chunks of his holdings now, then he'll be stuck at some
> point in the future where he wants to sell a much bigger chunk which
> would look even scarier to the market. I remember similar scare posts
> when Bill Gates recently sold some stock, but his stock went up 20%
> after he sold it.
>
> Also, no matter how much Gerstner trusts Palmisano, we all know the ride
> is a lot scarier from the passenger seat than from the driver's seat.
>
> Dare wrote:
>
> >This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
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> >Guys,
> >
> >In lieu of Enron burned-out and the acts of the TOPs Execs, I wonder if 
>Lou's action is to tell us anything about IBM.
> >
> >Dare
> >--
> >
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> Chris Rehm
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