[Am-info] MSFT Stock behavior

John J. Urbaniak jjurban@attglobal.net
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 07:47:57 -0400


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Mitch Stone wrote:

> It show up on the chart for today:
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> http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=1d&l=on&z=m&q=l
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> This behavior isn't too unusual. Quite a few companies are using the
> falling market to repurchase shares. Volume also jumped at that point.

I believe that companies have to announce a share re-purchase .  They can't
just go and do it.

John



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<p>Mitch Stone wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>It show up on the chart for today:
<p><a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=1d&l=on&z=m&q=l">http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT&amp;d=c&amp;k=c1&amp;a=v&amp;p=s&amp;t=1d&amp;l=on&amp;z=m&amp;q=l</a>
<p>This behavior isn't too unusual. Quite a few companies are using the
<br>falling market to repurchase shares. Volume also jumped at that point.</blockquote>

<p><br>I believe that companies have to announce a share re-purchase .&nbsp;
They can't just go and do it.
<p>John
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