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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (117735)8/21/2001 9:25:39 AM
From: Gut Trader  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
OT/ That kind of critical analysis inspires a new thead

Subject 51631

GT



To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (117735)9/17/2001 4:12:54 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
exactly...the officially reported p/e's are not comparable to those of the past, before the new era of accounting shenanigans began.

note in connection with this, that tech cos. wanted their market speculation gains included in earnings while the mania was still in full swing, but now that those gains have turned to losses, they are of course "exceptional items".