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3.28.2001 a nice summary of why dividends are in and buybacks are out.

3.23.2001 this certified financial planner might know alot about ira's, insurance, and estate planning, but when it comes to investing, he is no different from day trader. that's fine, if he doesn't profess to clients of the wonders of buy & hold, mpt based deployment as taught in biz school. but he does, rest assured.

3.16.2001 if japan could manage even 0.01% gdp growth for every panel it has created, we would all still be worried about world domination by japan, inc. these government panels are ostensibly designed to examine and solve economic problems, but are in reality more of an attempt to present to the public an image of the government being "on top of things."

3.13.2001 in the wake of the nasty naz, a few wacky dot-com dreamers apparently still exist out there. note the visionary creator of the 3D browser prototype who has a captive audience already...his three kids. let's all hope that he has the last laugh.

3.8.2001 the hypocrisy of the japanese financial regulators is no more evident than in this article. so much for foreigners (i.e. CSFB and martin armstrong of the now defunct princeton global management) conforming to local business practices!

3.3.2001 articles like these, which diligently chronicle the recent wrench in the cisco buyout machine, miss the point. sure, the company's stock has fallen 70% from its highs, but so has the entire tech sector. in fact, with the general tech selloff, potential targets are now effectively on sale, especially considering the fact that the company does still have a boat load of cash...the buying power of which has not declined by the same 70%!