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To: westpacific who wrote (70005)	4/14/2001 10:23:49 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Respond to of 122087

Of course, comparing dividend yields to past norms is a little unfair, given that Wall Street has generally de-emphasized the importance of dividends in the past couple of decades or so. AMGN, AOL, CSCO, DELL, EMC, MSFT, NOK, ORCL and SUNW pay no dividend at all, clearly by choice as opposed to any economic inability to do so.

To: westpacific who wrote (70005)	4/14/2001 10:50:12 PM
From: ZenWarrior	Respond to of 122087

Dividend yield is irrelevant. Earnings yield is what you should look at, and it's at 4.88% for the S&P 500... not a bad price considering that yield will climb as the economy climbs. In fact, I would much rather buy a stock that is reinvesting their earnings into the company rather than giving them out to shareholders. If they're giving them to the shareholders, then they must not have a better place to invest it?? In my book, that's a bad sign. - Zen