OT - NOK
<p>OT - NOK - Cursing myself a bit for not buying more NOK
when it was sub-$6, a very short time ago. The 'perception'
phenomena is a funny thing - in the $6 teens, NOK 'feels' pricey -
probably given how fast and how hard the market can fall apart, as
seen recently. But I also looked at where the outstanding ALU
shares are trading - ~$3.33 - a price just above where I bought my
least expensive ALU shares. If I assume NOK and ALU are marching
prettymuch in lock-step, why am I not all over NOK at this price?
That perception phenomena is a funny thing. And the direction of
the market from here is certainly uncertain - it may 'fall apart'
again, perhaps even 'harder'.</p>
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I have nibbled at NOK recently, can't buy too much at a
time given that I am already pretty much committed with a sizable
position :-(
I plan to continue to nibble opportunistically, so to
speak. I say this because right or wrong, I believe the
market will resume its down trend.
I continue to think that even though this merger
will be a challenge in terms of integrating both cultures, it
should be managed sucessfully by Rajeev Suri than when Alcatel
bought Lucent. That period was especially tough because there
were too many Equipment providers and the Service Provider segment
was consolidating, making it tougher to compete in a crowded field
with a diminishing number of customers. Additionally, the Housing
and Financial crisis exploded just a year and a half after the
Alcatel Lucent merger was consummated. I should also note the
fact that Alcatel had not fully recovered from the dot com bust.
Times are quite different. Rajeev is also credited with
integrating the Siemens part of the Nokia-Siemens Networks after
Nokia bought out the Siemens part of that partnership, so he is not
new to integration.
In general terms all the
positives are still in place, I continue to believe that now with
only three Wireless Networks providers in the world, and with ALU
bringing a very strong number two in the world in Routing and
Switching, NOK stands to do very well in the future.
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LongTerm
CapGains
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Off Topic
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Sentiment:
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Neutral
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Date:
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02/18/16 at 1:00 PM CST
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