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>>Hmm, at 85.31 per share(at time of writing), thats not a bad pay cheuqe
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>Plus rumours of an impending stock split. So if he buys far enough in advance of the split, he could easily double his shares. FWIW, Oracle has been the best performing stock we have had over the last 6 years. It just keeps going up like a hot air balloon and has split at least 3 times.

There is a fair number of shares I would dearly love to have, Oracle's among them. However. as part of my job includes recommending sware, it could be a conflict of interest.