Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (51824)	3/13/1999 7:17:00 PM
From: Merritt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Tim: Nice report, I especially liked his understatement, "In recent years, probity has eroded." I'd be willing to bet that not only has it eroded, if you asked a series of groups of five people on the street what the word probity meant, at least four wouldn't know...and half the time the fifth would probably think it something only practiced by the naive.

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (51824)	3/13/1999 11:00:00 PM
From: yard_man	Respond to of 132070

Nice >> A few years ago we asked three questions in these pages to which we have not yet received an answer: "If options aren't a form of compensation, what are they? If compensation isn't an expense, what is it? And, if expenses shouldn't go into the calculation of earnings, where in the world should they go?" <<

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (51824)	3/14/1999 11:36:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Tim, Thanks. Good URL. A lot of people forget that before he hit the jackpot, Buffett was an excellent insurance analyst and knows a lot about funky accounting.

To: Tim McCormick who wrote (51824)	3/14/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 132070

tim, nice piece, thank you. skeets...