<section class="usmf-new article-header"> <header>Did you see this one Dan?
"This Fool criticizes Intel management for not being as forthright as it could have been with investors about its chip manufacturing technology. Whenever I hold stock in a publicly traded company, I am aware that things can go wrong, even when that company has done its very best. Sometimes companies are subject to forces completely out of their control, and I completely understand that.
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What I find extremely distasteful is when a company's management team tries to paint an "overly rosy" picture of key aspects of its competitive positioning. This, I feel, is exactly what PC chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has done, and continues to do, with respect to its public messaging around the competitiveness of its chip manufacturing technology."
(Stuff about Bill Holt not being truthful)
Intel needs to be more honest with its shareholders
I recognize it's Intel's job to maximize shareholder value, which means it needs to control its public messaging in such a way so as to make investors "feel" as though everything is going great and according to plan.
However, while keeping investors in the dark about the struggles it is facing might be good for the share price in the near term, the truth necessarily comes out -- it's just a question of when.
I think Intel needs to be as forthcoming as possible when it comes to these key aspects of its competitive positioning. Investors who are investing their hard-earned dollars deserve to know exactly what they're buying into."
I don't know who reads Motley Fool anymore but this one is being passed around work. Hopefully a meme is in the works.
"This Fool criticizes Intel management for not being as forthright as it could have been with investors about its chip manufacturing technology. Whenever I hold stock in a publicly traded company, I am aware that things can go wrong, even when that company has done its very best. Sometimes companies are subject to forces completely out of their control, and I completely understand that.
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What I find extremely distasteful is when a company's management team tries to paint an "overly rosy" picture of key aspects of its competitive positioning. This, I feel, is exactly what PC chip giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has done, and continues to do, with respect to its public messaging around the competitiveness of its chip manufacturing technology."
(Stuff about Bill Holt not being truthful)
Intel needs to be more honest with its shareholders
I recognize it's Intel's job to maximize shareholder value, which means it needs to control its public messaging in such a way so as to make investors "feel" as though everything is going great and according to plan.
However, while keeping investors in the dark about the struggles it is facing might be good for the share price in the near term, the truth necessarily comes out -- it's just a question of when.
I think Intel needs to be as forthcoming as possible when it comes to these key aspects of its competitive positioning. Investors who are investing their hard-earned dollars deserve to know exactly what they're buying into."
I don't know who reads Motley Fool anymore but this one is being passed around work. Hopefully a meme is in the works.