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To: Tom Kearney who wrote (2549)	10/30/2000 3:27:15 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57684

sorry to intrude... (too busy to read all posts on this topic)... but does anybody know how to evaluate the most successful US companies from 1900 to today in terms of global GNP? My point being 1) you had no global companies back then and 2) the USA controlled far less of the world economy. So say you take Edison or GE, what was their potential overall at their peak? (not valuation, potential). I am thinking it was lower than the cisco of today for the reasons above. The 1950s seems like the first decade worth comparing to today... Ford sold cars to the world then, USA #1 economy etc. Last I heard the 50s were #2 in stock market appreciation on a % basis, second to the 90s... not sure how they evaluated that, dow or what.