Trey, Sony has a history of overpricing and pulling exclusiveness, like Apple. That is why VCRs are all VHS now and you see as many Beta Maxs as you see 8-track tape players. <G>
I don't have much faith in the way finance is taught. As long as theories are being discussed, the professors do just fine. But when it comes to practical application, they are out to lunch. A few who have gone into business for themselves have had mixed results. Barr Rosenberg is currently being praised for his performance in the past few years, but if you go back a bit further, he didn't do so hot. Zweig, of course, has had lousy performance for so long he fired himself as portfolio manager. Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz has done ok on a relative basis to other Japanese funds with his Japan Equity Fund (JEQ), but on an absolute basis, gag me with a spoon. And when I was at Wharton, fellowships were probably harder to win than they should have been because in years previously, The U. of Penn had temporarily turned over its very large endowment to the Finance Professors. John Neff took control after that disaster. <G>
So, you have to listen to what you hear in class and regurgitate it on tests, but don't expect them to teach you anything that helps you make money in the market. And NEVER do what I did, argue with professors about Modern Portfolio Theory and The Black-Scholes Model and all the academic studies that select their measurement factors a bit too pre-disposed for my druthers. <G>
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