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Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates

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To: paul_philp who wrote (52232)7/20/2002 2:32:17 AM
From: TimbaBear  Read Replies (1) of 54805
 
paul_philp

Options as an expense is a trivial issue which is being blown out of proprtion by the current climate. In the end it makes no economic difference.

If they are trivial, then why the resistance to expensing them?

I don't know if I'm qualified to adequately address the full economic ramifications of shifting corporate expense from the corporation to the investing public, but as an investor, the economics of the shift make a difference to me because the result is a dilution of my ownership position.

Given the climate of the market lately, I would guess that a widespread adoption of conservative accounting practices would go a long way to easing the feeling of distrust that seems to be at high levels and escalating.

Timba
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