Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!cs.umn.edu!simvax.labmed.umn.edu!davidli From: davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari stock (hit n now if you don't want to read this) Message-ID: <1990Aug22.134751.1@simvax.labmed.umn.edu> Date: 22 Aug 90 13:47:51 GMT References: Sender: iacovou@cs.umn.edu (Danny Iacovou) Organization: Flying Taoist Graphics Lines: 33 In article , cmm1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christopher M Mauritz) writes: > Atari stock is now hovering just above $4/share. It has lost ~20% of > its value in the last week or so. This is about 2 times what the > overal Dow has lost since Aug. 2. > > Draw your own conclusions. Ummm ... you haven't provided enough information from which any valid conclusion may be derived. Here is a list of information which I would require in order to come ANY conclusions: 1. How have other computer-related stocks fared? 2. Are there other stocks which have dropped in value by similar amounts? 3. What are they? 4. What is the current VOLUME of Atari stock being sold? 5. Compare and contrast this with the VOLUME of other computer-related stocks being sold. 6. Do the same for the answer to question 3. It would be pretty stupid to base conclusions on one stock without knowing something about the rest of the field to which that stock belongs. It would be equally stupid to base conclusions about a company based on stock prices in a widely fluctuating market. As an example -- the Dow Jones average has dropped nearly 400 points over the past few weeks. People came to attention when the Dow dropped 500 points in one day, but don't appear particularly bothered by a similar drop over a few weeks time! The net loss (on paper) is similar, although the time frames are not. -- David Paschall-Zimbel davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu