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To: Michael Collings who wrote (8495)3/17/1998 5:20:00 PM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 27307
 
Funny that Graham has become, to today's "investors", just a name from the past whose ideas are long forgotten (like Marx to the Soviets?), yet when his most famous student simply evades the question of whether the market is overvalued, they all rush out to buy more stocks. Why would anyone be concerned whether Buffet is bearish when they have all but dismissed the methods he learned from Graham?

Do you think it has occurred to anyone that perhaps he didn't say it because he doesn't want to be blamed for another sharp selloff? In fact, other leadership figures who had publicly expressed concern in the past have more recently made similar carefully worded statements that seem designed to note the risks without triggering alarm. Look at Greenspan's most recent testimony before congress.

Regards,
Bob the Bear



To: Michael Collings who wrote (8495)3/17/1998 5:24:00 PM
From: Bill Harmond  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 27307
 
>>Benjamin Graham was Warren Buffet's college professor at Columbia in the early 50's. He espoused value investing.

Right, and Mr. Buffett's largest holding (Coca Cola) is selling at 45 times earnings and growing 15% a year. Three times its growth rate based on '98 earnings. Leading brand globally.

Yahoo is selling at considerably less than three times its growth rate, and it has the leading global brand also.