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To: Ibexx who wrote (114156)	2/23/2002 9:15:35 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

<<I was told that Barrons' influence is mainly on retail investors, no significant effect on the institutions. This would be compatible with the theory that retail is always wrong..>> As a long time observer I would suggest that the purpose of Barrons (Bear-ons) is to influence retail investors - for the benefit of professional establishment short sellers. No absolute correlation, but significant. Barrons is two publications. It has useful data. It has a clear "slant" - and that is to drive down prices after it has a "story". No proof of that. Just that it seems to happen like clockwork. BWDIK. Best. Chaz PS And I must admit some unease that Barrons on line has a story on Qualcomm which discusses Qualcomm in a "fair" way. Assume this is the exception which proves the rule - i.e unrelenting omission of Qualcomm as even a player in wireless except for a bete noir reference from time to time. Sort of like the curse of being on the cover of Time. Hope this is not a straw in the wind that Qualcomm is past its prime despite all objective substantive info.