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To: zonder who wrote (1090)	5/12/2003 1:38:51 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4905

You cannot be an analyst and NOT make forward looking projections, by the way. You don't value a company on past earnings. But then here's the rub, all you have to make forward projections is the past.

To: zonder who wrote (1090)	5/12/2003 2:07:28 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4905

Zonder, if you look at the record of analysts one year projections and the reality of the actual results you would see that the analysts have been consistently overly optimistic. mike

To: zonder who wrote (1090)	5/12/2003 8:23:51 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4905

<You cannot be an analyst and NOT make forward looking projections, by the way. You don't value a company on past earnings. > Lot's of what analysts do is not forward looking at all. The fact that he tacks on a 200% growth rate on in the "conclusion" section doesn't preclude many truths in the work. Also, it's interesting how the conversation keeps drifting to the ultimate sham examples and away from the article focus, which was based on the S&P. DAK