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To: rkral who wrote (63666)	4/21/2003 10:41:49 AM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 77400

OK, I see. Yeah, the context of the conversation was that FASB advocates the expense upon grant with no true-ups, which can lead to distortions as we have seen in the last 3 years. And in my posts, I've basically equated B.S. with FASB's use of it. I was just being lazy in my posts. :) But as far as valuation mechanisms go, I think B.S. is a pretty good model. It's stood the test of time. However, like all forecasting tools, they can only be as accurate as the data input into them. So that's why I like quarterly true-ups. You minimize the impact of distortions.