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To: johnsto1 who wrote (636)3/23/2000 11:12:00 PM
From: Original Mad Dog  Respond to of 2850
 
Nomadic,

PE is price/earnings ratio on earnings already achieved over the past year. Forward PE is PE based on earnings anticipated over the next year (or in some future period). Future earnings are also known as "earnings which may never happen."

Good luck learning on the fly. It's almost as much fun as getting rich on the fly.

MAD DOG

(P.S. None of the above applies to Amazon.com, which may never have earnings but is one helluva great store)



To: johnsto1 who wrote (636)3/24/2000 2:22:00 PM
From: John Pitera  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2850
 
The Mad Dog did a nice job of explaining the difference
between a trailing 12 month P/E ratio, based on the
last 4Q's of earnings.

And a Forward PE which is calculated based on the expected earnings over the next 4 Q's.

volume is very high on MLIN the past 3 days...


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