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To: Roger Bodine who wrote (4041)	5/12/1998 12:31:00 AM
From: Brendan W	of 78744

Roger, I'm not an accountant but I know that some types of acquisitions don't produce goodwill, and that there is some leeway on how long you amortize it. Also, I imagine it's harder to screen for acquisition dates than it is for amortization. My problem has been that of the services available to individuals it seems like they lump depreciation and amortization together. The trick would be to screen on (market cap)/(cash flow less depreciation) ... again where depreciation does not include amortization. The only thing I can think of is to look for low price to cash flow on companies in non-capital intensive industries (i.e. where depreciation isn't likely to be a big factor.)

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