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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (2686)	7/22/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: Resry	Respond to of 5232

I think the s**t hasn't hit the fan yet on the receivable issue. Long term receivables plus "regular" receivables DSO's still troublesome. Out at 50 and 55 a little early, but better early than late. Resry

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (2686)	7/22/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Respond to of 5232

Apology? hardly. your vitriolic emotional ramblings have done nothing to serve fundamental analysis of this stock at any time you've posted to this thread.... It is you sir, who should apologize for having wasted valuable band width for so long..... joel

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (2686)	7/22/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: Paul V.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5232

Haim, Glad to see you back on the site. Thought we had lost you with all of your humor.<G> Thought you might be interested in the analysis of a post from the point and figure charting SI site regarding CA. Paul V. Duke60, from Point and Figure Charting, SI, made the following point from my inquiry. I agree with his interpretation. Thought you would be interested. Any thoughts? Paul > To: Paul V. (4993 ) > From: duke60 > Wednesday, Jul 22 1998 7:08PM ET > Reply # of 5047 > > Hi Paul <CA>. This was a rare case where we did not get at least one P&F sell signal before > the carnage. IMHO, the value of P&F is that you see the smart money getting out before the > big drop. > I have an on-again, off-again study where I go to the library to research the old Investor > Business Dailies, looking for stocks that pounded 20% or more over a very short period of > time. From this list of stocks, I throw out all stocks that are not Value 1 or 2, or not above > their Bullish Support Lines (BSL) or not having an RS in a column of X's. This eliminates > 90% of the stocks. So far (over 18 months or so), every single stock that had RS in a > column of X's, VL 1 or 2 and above it's BSL gave at least one sell signal before the damage > was done. There is an old post where Tom Dorsey, posting through Jan, gave an example of > how DURA, a strong stock, gave several P&F sell signals before it dove. Wish I could find > it. > My point is, that in the vast majority of cases a solid stock will give several P&F signs of > weakness before it gets killed. CA was obviously the exception. IMO it was the exception > because the insiders were also caught by surprise and therefore their sales did not come > early enough to tip off the chartsters. I know that there was insider selling last month, but > no more than normal. > Stick to 1) good fundamentals, 2) above the BSL and 3) RS in a column of X's and you will > probably have plenty of warning before a stock tanks. CA was the exception. > > duke60