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To: straight life who wrote (31793)	6/5/1999 12:19:00 PM
From: gdichaz	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Sadly it seems as if it is not a question of shame or not at Barrons, there is a function which Bear-ons is designed to serve and a clientel - the bears. Specific stocks are chosen for a hit by the Barrons hit men and the bears then ride the resulting downdraft. The sad part is that it works. Barrons may not "move markets" exactly but it often does move stocks - down - so they can make money for the shorts and even create "buying opportunities" for the bulls. A great success story for the big boys. I used to think that understanding what Barrons was about would make it OK to use it as a source for factual info at least but gave that up long ago. Facts are much more easily available on the net and specifically in places like SI. As for "opinion" that is so slanted as to be worthless IMO. But again this is based only on my experience and opinion. :-) Chaz PS And admit that I long since gave up trying to time the market or trade so whatever value Barrons might have is irrelevant for me.

To: straight life who wrote (31793)	6/5/1999 1:57:00 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The Players, Oscar A. Castro, a principal of Montgomery Asset Management, who runs the Montgomery Global Communications fund. Marc J. Gabelli, a managing director of Gabelli Funds, who co-manages the Gabelli Global Telecommunications fund. Jack B. Grubman, a managing director of Salomon Smith Barney, who heads the firm's global telecom team. The Joke> Q: CDMA is Qualcomm's technology. It just won a big battle with Sweden's Ericsson to make CDMA the global standard in wireless. Is Qualcomm a buy? Castro: Not for me, but I've always been wrong on that stock. I like what they've done with CDMA, but now a new race has started to create a third-generation technology, wideband CDMA. Both Nokia and Ericsson have the right to explore this space, and Qualcomm could lose some of its pioneering status. The big question is, what will Qualcomm, which now is like a bank, do with all the money it received from selling its infrastructure business to Ericsson? I don't have an answer.