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| reply to NetAdmin Re: Deployment costs urban vs rural very interesting
said by NetAdmin :said by TK Junk Mail :Urban deployment at today's exchange rate is about $690/household. Rural deployment is about $3000/household. Both are amounts that could easily be recouped in a five to ten year time frame, ergo, no real good reason not to deploy, unless you consider the whiny investors with the casino-mentality about the market a good reason. I'm pretty sure no CEO or President wants to hear them complaining constantly about how the sky is falling because their short term gains are down a couple of points. Without the "whiny" investors, the companies wouldn't have any money to fund improvements. Somehow a company has to provide returns to investors while also doing upgrades. That is why these large scale improvement projects are spread over many years and not done in shorter timeframes as technology lovers and special interest groups desire. -- My BLOG .. .. Internet News .. .. My Web Page Ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk? |
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| said by TK Junk Mail :Without the "whiny" investors, the companies wouldn't have any money to fund improvements. You misread my statement. "Whiny investors with the casino-mentality," you know, the morons who invest very short term, and freak when one quarter's results come up short of estimates. These folks are very different from long term investors in that they refuse to acknowledge the big picture, demand that company's reinvest as little as possible and consider short terms gains more important than long term stability and sustainable business plans.
Long term investors with a clue welcome reinvestment in a company and are willing to take short term hits in returns for long term growth. -- --- Eleven years of carrying The Clue Bat... |
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| The problem is, they're all buying chips (stock) from the same house. That makes the long term investor more likely to dump the stock with the wild price fluctations. It then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy on why not to invest!
You'd almost need a long term bond issue/that carries a high yield, but even that would need the stability of its common stock. -- The "Lifetime" channel is responsible for 83% of all divorces...Robert Ginty |
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