Stuff!Greetings everyone,
For those that have been here for a year or more and still have a memory, >ggg< OINK! OINK! OINK! LOL
Remember when there were an average of only 3-4 post a day & we could 2-3 days with no post? When a 50 cent jump in price was a big deal? When Hatim was one of the most frequent posters, even here on SH? We have been witnessing the gradual maturing of this great company with the interest and believe in their technology increasing on a steady basis over time and the share price reflecting that. It continues to be a thrill for me to participate at such an involved level.
Frothy??? I happen to think the WIN threads have been rather subdued for a 32% increase and what is probably for many a major relief, especially if you bought in higher and held through the rough roads. I do happen to agree that the African NR was a bit much. I like the fact that WIN has been keeping the shareholders and potential shareholders up on events but that one is hardly significant IMO.
Regarding the 4GNT delay in exposing their other backers, I am not suprised to not see news announced with the Forum meeting as it could be seen as grandstanding & abusing the meeting for personal self serving gain. While they are allies while in that room, they are also fierce competitors. I would suspect that there is news brewing though or deals being consumated or negotiated around the meeting. It is likely that 4GNT is delaying their news for good reason. Perhaps they are still bringing other partners on board?
As for immediate share price direction, I have given up trying to predict that with WIN, heck flip a coin! I do believe that the near term direction will be up though. I raised a lot of cash during the last 3 days and will be ready to add more WIN on any pullbacks. It is the one stock in my portfolio that I feel confident to hold a very large position & still add to it. One of the things I sold, yesterday actually, was JDU. We have discussd JDU in the past on this thread and compared it to the potential for WIN. I have explained how I held 200 shares of JDU, then JDS Fitel, since early 1998 and then sold before it exploded in Oct 1998. My cost at the time was $25/share, I sold for $30, those shares would now be worth about $1320/share factoring in splits for a total of $264,000, I got $6,000. The bulk of the appreciation happened between Oct 98 & Feb 2000, fifteen months!!!! My technical knowledge and DD supported holding JDU & I believed that Fiber-optics was ready for the big time but a lack of experience and the belief that it would likely pull back after an $8 climb that week caused me to sell with the expectation to buy it back for about $27 as it fell. Well the rest is history & I finally gave in to my stubbornish at $384/share. I think WIN is sitting on that same type of potential volcanoe, the next big explosive tech growth story. Those trading for meager gains might want to consider this story and those mocking statements about $200 share price for WIN or higher, might want to think deeper. Why did I sell JDU? A P/E of 700 which will balloon higher with the SDL acq, I think they paid too much for SDL and a flat trading range for some time now. Great company but how much more could it make an investor at this stage? So, could WIN be the next JDU???????? Intriguing thought for a Saturday morning over some bean juice (java)!!! >ggg<
BTW Scadaboy, good crack about UBS the other day. Gpspat, great call with your purchase of WIN at $18, the brass ball tactic worked, where did you get them???? LOL Congrats to the WINners, :-) :-) :-) Cheers!!!