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To: Q. who wrote (63)	7/28/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: Banjoman	Read Replies (3) of 172

>>By picking only the stocks that had zero yield and NMF p/e, we found that we got only the the VL stocks with the shakiest cash situations. This was easy, because it required only looking at a single page of a VL booklet.<< I'll take a look at this. Doesn't pick many stocks though (in fact, only 4 above $5/share in this issue - Apria, National Semi, PRIA, and Western Digital). Looking at old VL's - on 4/17 it picked 4 stocks, 2 of which are down 50% or more (Acme Metals and OXHP), and the other two are also down. Scanning some other, seems to be a good way to catch broken stocks - Bosten Chicken would have been sold short (at 7 on 3/6). Also picks up tech stocks. Some weeks there are no stocks - never more than 4 in the last 6 months. On current list, Apria is the only broken stock candidate, I think. Don

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