>On 5/27/05, Vince Bonfanti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> MS's cash reserves have dropped from 60 to 30 billion because they've been >> giving it their stockholders as dividends, > >To try to stimulate growth because they have none.
How does giving dividends to shareholders stimulate growth? MS shareholders have been clamoring for _years_ to have the share dividend raised. > >> not because they're losing money > >Thing happen with companies before they start to lose money (as you >know) - they are trying like mad to keep it from happening, but a >stalled stock is often a sign of bad things to come. And depending on >how you look at it, not gaining is losing. Looking at the short term stock price as a gauge of company health is invalid. There are other alternatives for MS. They could just as easily turn into an income trust, for instance. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207923 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
