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To: porcupine --''''> who wrote (372)	6/7/1998 8:30:00 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	Read Replies (2) of 1722

Reynolds, >> Two excellent articles in Barrons this week. >> One on accounting gimmicks at >> Sunbeam ... >I agree. The prudent investor must not only analyze the >numbers, he or she must also make (in my opinion >partially subjective) judgments about whether or not to believe >management. I am not familiar with Sunbeam, but I thought the article made a persuasive case that the accounting gimmicks were somewhat decipherable by a careful analysis just by looking at the numbers. At the very least there were a number of red flags. Ones that we should all be on the lookout for. These days I trust almost no management except for the handful who have made public statements about what's really going on these days and the companies they are associated with. (Warren Buffett, Laurence Tisch, Joe Steinberg (Leucadia) and a few others)

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