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To: Renee Scherb who wrote (2815)	1/15/1998 11:06:00 AM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42834

Great find, Renee. It is on the web too. Here is the summary: forbes.com and the report: forbes.com regards Kirk Out suite101.com

To: Renee Scherb who wrote (2815)	1/15/1998 2:00:00 PM
From: Chuck Schmeling	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

I'm not sure how Forbes calculates their numbers, but according to Bob's newsletter, Portfolio I has done +251.6%, Portfolio II, +268.7%, and Portfolio III has done +113.1%, total return since 1-1-88. This works out to be +25.16% (Port.I), +26.87% (Port.II), and 13.31% (Port III) per year averaged over the last 10 years. Could it be the difference in time frame? Forbes began their 10 year period in August 87, just before the October correction. I have no data on how Bob's suggested portfolios did in Oct 87. I don't know about you, but +25% per year over the last 10 years sounds pretty good to me. Sure be nice if it could continue. Chuck

To: Renee Scherb who wrote (2815)	1/15/1998 10:27:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 42834

Renee; Thats intresting about the gains beng so low, not just of BBs picks but of the average, I have tracked upgrades and downgrades by all the major anal-cyst since JULY this year..guess what there is not one who is ahead. Some of them are 10 to 20% behind, this includes the supposed hotest pickers. It was a lot of work, down loading soeting and then charting the stocks in relation to the recomendations, the results are impressive at least to me, these guys are Con artist of the frist magnitude. They are smoother, and slicker at telling lies than the politians. Do you notice that they always pick a LOW to start with like the LOW of 87..apples to apples you would compare highs, to highs, but picking low take off points is one of their tricks of the trade..and do a study on the indexes..look at how often stocks are droped out of an index, and some new flyer is put in..sure makes things look better than they would be if they were not juggled..oh the index is up so and so.. but no mention of the poor dogs that not only got droped out but went on become a penny stock or compleatly crash. Jim