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To: Madharry who wrote (30792)	4/29/2008 12:10:44 AM
From: Paul Senior	Read Replies (1) of 78748

Yes, a worthwhile read at a library. Hmmm...Maybe it's time for a refresher read for me. I am finding to my sorrow that with some of my recent stock selections, I overlooking too many problem areas. amazon.com The man was apparently before your time, Madharry. Big in Barron's (referred to and quoted and interviewed). I always envied the pro's who could afford his and Robert Olstein's analyses. "During the 1970s, (Robert)Olstein gained prominence by writing the "Quality of Earnings Report" with Thornton L. O'glove. The twice-monthly newsletter alerted fund managers to companies that were burnishing financial results with misleading accounting. The newsletter at its peak had 120 subscribers that paid about $15,000 a year each, according to Olstein, who credits O'glove with developing his intuition for spotting telltale details in regulatory filings and earnings reports. O'glove, 73, said he "learned to be even more cynical" through the collaboration. "I used to spend some time talking to management, and Bob always said that was a waste of time."" washingtonpost.com I'm a fan of Olstein too. Especially if/when I can find reports of his dissecting a company's financials. Past couple of years though Olstein seems to me to have lost his touch for picking stocks that go up (Refer to his eponymous funds.)

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