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To: accountclosed who wrote (38101)	12/3/1998 4:03:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

AR: <<< Wasn't he discredited years ago like Joe Granville?>>> I'm not aware of either Dines or Granville being discredited. Being wrong several times, but not discredited. Now Lieb front running his rec's, that's being discredited, IMHO. I doubt that any newsletter writer has a perfect record...no one's omniscient, or infallibe (I can say that since I'm not a Catholic<G>), and while I don't subscribe to any newsletters at present, both Dines and Granville still retain many followers (not me), and being described as "discredited" seems a bit harsh...to me anyway. From reading promo's of Dines' sheet, it seems as though he does his research pretty thoroughly. I can't say anything positive about his timing regarding the precious metals market, but reading good research work never hurts, IMHO. Granville made a contribution (depending on one's viewpoint<G>) to TA, with his On Balance Volume indicator, and helped many to make enormous gains from gold in the 70's...too bad he wasn't also responsible for them keeping it, but then I guess you can't have everything.<G>

To: accountclosed who wrote (38101)	12/3/1998 8:34:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 132070

AR, All of these gurus are discredited if they stay with one theme too long. However, Dimes is an excellent analyst with borderline insane political ideas. He likes precious metals as much because he thinks that the govt. will collapse as because they are cheap. Most people will tell you all the mistakes he made ("it is always the right time to buy ASA," is one I remember right before I sold ASA short.). But he has also been right a lot. And he always provides a lot of thought. I respect that, as there is nothing I hate more than a "buy it cause I said so" who calls himself an analyst. <G> MB