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To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (72665)	1/1/2000 9:42:00 PM
From: Mark Adams	Respond to of 132070

Yes- especially when you try to use a PE of 15 as a one of your guidelines. I don't let PE fool me; I understand at least some of the problems of such a narrow measure of value. I still have a strong desire to measure a companies value based on present value of future earnings streams. Was looking at MTHR the other day, an inut IPO that looks like a failure. Shame too, as they have one of the best (IMO) sites combining Content with Commerce in the area of natural health (with favorable demographics given all the aging boomers). Shares trading below cash on hand. Then you look at Price to Sales, and discover they lost 38 millon on 2 million sales. I'm used to burn rates with biotech companies, but geez- I can't buy that. Still, there are some decent values out there with real earnings and even dividends. Wishing you all a Prosperous New Year!