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To: Paul Senior who wrote (16436)	2/22/2003 7:46:43 PM
From: Bob Rudd	Read Replies (1) of 78550

FWIW Book value: Ran across this comment in online Barrons: <<Q: DO YOU THINK THAT INVESTORS OVERUSE BOOK VALUE? A: Well, I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IT GETS IMPACTED. Book gets written down by all these write-downs, extraordinary write-downs. Some of these pension issues get put into book. During the wild bubble period, companies were buying back stock. And so you have book value that gets whipped around; I don't see how it is helpful and it is not comparative. And if a company is taking a huge write-off, then they have a low book [value]. So they have a great ROE (return on equity), but it is not a useful technique.>> online.wsj.com I doubt this comes as a stunning revelation to anyone on this board, but thought it was worth a 'pushpin' for the way it summarized the caveats.

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