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To: Gulo who wrote (506)	9/9/2000 12:29:43 AM
From: LLCF	Respond to of 11633

<PWI pays more of its dividend from earnings> Isn't this much more complicated than just comparing the two?? It was my understanding that it may actually be better to have very little of the dividend as earnings [ie. have large % as return of capital] because this may actually have little to do with earnings vs return on capital, and tons to do with old dry holes they can still write off. Someone correct me if wrong, but if A and B have equal dividends and reserve life, which ever one has the largest % of dividend as return of capital [no tax!] is actually BETTER. DAK