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To: Paul Engel who wrote (95757)	2/29/2000 4:09:00 AM
From: hmaly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572508

Paul Re..<<<<Homaly - Re: "Paul, according to my book;which was written by William O Neil, founder of IBF. reads "Price earnings (p/e) ratio. Theoretically measures the value of a stock by dividing the cuppent price by its earnings per share over the last twelve months" Great !! That's EXACTLY what I told you : {=============================================} Message 12996626 "By the way, lame brain, PE's are generally calculated on a TRAILING 12 month earnings. " Paul, about 6 months ago I was cruising the net and for some reason I came across your name as being a teacher or professor in a eastern college teaching a course on chip technology. I didn't save the article as I didn't realize you appear to be a bigger imbecile than your students. I could be wrong in assuming that Paul Engel was you, if so I apologize. Otherwise you seem to be a prime example why our schools are failing. Our teachers can't tell the difference between hypothetical and real. The P/E RATIO is just that a !!!!!!RATIO!!!!. P/E HAS ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with an actual yr. It is just an argument used to define a parameter. In addition you admit as much when you say <<<<PE's are generally calculated on a TRAILING 12 month earnings. ">>>> I want to emphasize the word "generally" you used in your definition. In other words, you would normally use the trailing yr. True, but generally doesn't mean exclusively; thus one can use any measurement of time one chooses, as long as that period of time is multiplied by a multiplier to = one year. I did precisely that when I multiplied my period of time (1 quarter) by 4 to = 1 yr. Do you have some links which show me I have to use an actual yr. rather than hypothetical. Put up or shut up.