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To: Fun-da-Mental#1 who wrote (26283)	9/19/1999 2:19:00 PM
From: Matthew L. Jones	of 99985

At the risk of sounding like a Bill Gates fan, I think dividends is one of the worst things a profitable company can do with earnings. If a shareholder buys stock to get a dividend, they should consider buying a utility stock or even a bond fund. If the objective is capital appreciation, it makes much more sense to see a well managed company take pre-tax earnings and reinvest by constantly acquiring smaller, cutting edge growth companies, or in the absence of acquisitions which make good business sense, the buying back of common stock. Paying dividends is merely distributing profits after taxes. I would much prefer my distributions before taxes as in acquisitions and/or stock repurchases. Just one guy's opinion. Matt

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