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Microcap & Penny Stocks : ALYA Cost cutting system via software as well as security -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MeDroogies who wrote (1908)	10/18/1998 8:37:00 AM
From: John S. Baker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2534

Found a link about PAR: biz.yahoo.com After following the cited Web site for a while, it appears that PAR refers specifically to the system of providing analyst-quality reports on a company. We saw that report published on ALYA last month. I do not know how much the company pays for the privilege of being analyzed. PAR is sponsored by the Investors Research Institute, Inc., which also offers to publicly-held companies the privilege of displaying certain proprietary "seals" if the company promises to adhere to specific elements of good shareholder relations. This appears to be a self-reporting program, and membership in the organization costs $600. Quite frankly, I did not interpret this as being an award for outstanding shareholder relations, or whatever. I do commend ALYA for taking the step and paying the money to signify that they believe in good shareholder relations. And, as far as I can determine, the jury is still out as to whether the published PAR analysis actually does much for the share price. There are only still a relatively small number of companies which have undergone this analysis. If, over time, the analyses become far more prevalent and in general tend to prove out, then I reckon the general value of all such analyses will increase, but only time will tell. JSb.