hubris12000,

I see that you are still making the same false and vicious accusations about Whole Foods that you have been making for many, many months now.

1. Whole Foods paid out a special dividend not to boost the stock price, but to increase their EVA by eliminating excess cash from their balance sheet which they don't need for their growth. This move will increase their EVA and their ROIC despite lowering their EPS (because less interest income will be produced). Since you still can't read a balance sheet or cash flow statement you don't seem to be aware that Whole Foods is producing far more cash than they need for their expansion.

2. Your statement "only the retail longs are holding now" is a false statement. Institutional Investors continue to own 88% of all outstanding shares.

3. Whole Foods has been competing against and gaining market share from Wal-Mart, Costco, Ralphs, Safeway, Albertsons, Kroger and anyone else you care to name. Whole Foods is evolving their business model faster than any of their competitors are. That is why their same store sales were 13% last quarter, 11.3% the past 9 quarters, and over 10% for the past 5 years. The simple economic facts couldn't be more clear because Whole Foods same stores sales are increasing and not slowing down.

4. You have ZERO evidence or facts to support your claim that they "will soon announce what the smart investors know, decreased goals, decreased earnings forecasts, slower pace of store opennings, etc." I find it fascinating that you continue to make your silly predictions without any facts, evidence or logic to support them--only your own hopes and fantasies.

hubris12000--you now have only 280 days left to participate on this Board. Enjoy them while you can. My margin of safety is now over 15 points.