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To: Bob Rudd who wrote (15081)	8/6/2002 11:00:59 AM
From: - with a K	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78520

<< A lot of train wrecks can be avoided by simply refusing to buy anything with substantial insider selling anywhere near current prices no matter how cheap and no matter what weasel excuses they give for selling. What source do you and others here prefer to track insider trades? So many sources offer this data, but I haven't found one that I trust and that shows complete data is a useful format (percentage of holdings, trendlines, most recent sales, etc.)

To: Bob Rudd who wrote (15081)	8/6/2002 11:31:17 AM
From: Don Earl	Respond to of 78520

<<<Short sellers and financial journalists are generally better at sniffing out trouble than auditors that help prepare & certify the filings.>>> Could be, although I've noticed times when a company buying a full page ad in the WSJ tends to eliminate the more critical articles or even result in a more favorable article as a follow up to one of the mud rakers. Maybe what Wall Street needs is a tabloid along the lines of the Weekly World News. All the rumors could be included along with flashy headlines like, "Andy Grove develops new super chip after being abducted by space aliens.". It couldn't be any worse than most of what passes for market news and would probably be a lot more fun to read.