“You can thank the one-two punch of Colligan’s ouster and fresh rumors of a Dell buy-out for this rally. Which is normally a red flag for me as ‘action away from the ball’ rather than the game itself,” Goldman writes.
“Takeover rumors responsible for the lion’s share of a stock’s move is a shareholder’s version of playing with financial fire. Just as beleaguered and bewildered investors in Yahoo still pining for a deal with Microsoft,” Goldman writes.
“The real issue for Palm, and [new CEO] Jon Rubinstein, and the company’s legions of investors who are strapped in for this rocketship ride, is whether its surging stock is more a case of irrational exuberance,” Goldman writes.
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