To All, Mini Barron's review in which I try to give my opinion of the magazine without saying anything about investing. Tough game, but when the tough get going the gong gets tough. (That saying never did make any sense. <G>)
Great issue, but not for the regular editorial content. Abelson was not as funny as usual. He made a very perceptive comment: How can a man with $300 million be the champion of the downtrodden, as Osama Obi Wan Kenobe claims to be? A good piece about the relative value of Bugs Bunny's co. Nice comment on techs.
A piece on Wall Street Strategists? Does anyone really care what these goofs have to say? I guess there are still people at the race track who buy the tout sheets from failed gamblers.
Suspicious options trades are under investigation for funding the WTC attack. To any of my friends who engaged in this heinous activity because of my advice, I am terribly sorry if you get arrested. Perhaps we'll end up in a Club Fed together. <g> Don't get me wrong. The options markets can be as shady as any other money changing business. I just have a problem with the authorities always coming after options players first.
The Market Watch section has a brilliant paragraph from The Mogambo Guru (wasn't that a movie with boxer Ken Norton starring as The Mogambo?). And a sensible idea from Richard Schwartz. The other comments are yawn inducing.
The Mailbag is once again the shining light in the rag. Terrific letters from Eugene L. Notkin, Steve Puetz (I know his partner, Bob Calz. Puetz and Calz. Ugh!), and as always, John P. Hussman. Hollister B. Sykes does some tough love arithmetic. Jeff Gross embarrasses himself. Anyway, I am happy to see the Mailbag continue its occasional high quality even without my contributions. <g>
The Mutual Fund Quarterly is good reading, though they've left off some of the most important stats. Gotta save paper & ink and cost perceptive readers money. A nice article in the fund section, but I won't say which one as it involves a name I have been buying.
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