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Once again: DELL is a sell

 Aug 29, 2008 01:23 PM UTC
Return Risk
+0.05% LOW
Tracked Blogger
Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed
DELL Negative 08/29/08 +53.24% --
HPQ Negative 08/29/08 +26.24% --
AAPL n/a

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Filed under: Earnings reports, Forecasts, Bad news, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Stocks to Sell

I have been following Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) since its 1988 IPO. No question, this was a mega-gamechanger company for years. The vision of Michael Dell creating this company from his University of Texas dorm room is inspiring. The dorm room became the new substitute for company creation as the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) garage served beforehand. Dell was a great American success story---but the key here is WAS.

Dell remains a sell. I wrote back in early 2007 that this company is doomed because of the total commoditization of its product line. Desk tops, laptops and servers were judged more by pricing than by functionality. Hewlett-Packard took market share away from Dell these past five years, and even the return of founder Michael Dell to the CEO r

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