Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


From: "Ira Post" <ip108@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 05:33:41 -0400

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Tom, you're right that it's good to look at earnings forecasts too.  And =
I do look at them and take them into account.  But, while I no longer =
completely trust earnings reports, I trust them more than earnings =
forecasts.  Sometimes analysts are plugging companies that their company =
does business with and sometimes they're just plain wrong.

Ira
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Tom Worley=20
  To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:27 AM
  Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


  Ira, just keep in mind when doing the valuation evaluation, that =
current price is based on future expectations / valuations, not what it =
did for the past 12 months.

  Focus on forecasts, and projected PE ratios, and projected revenues.

  Tom Worley
  stkguru@bellsouth.net
  AIM: TexWorley
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Ira Post=20
  To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 3:20 PM
  Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


  Ian, that's a good point regarding this kind of market actually being =
somewhat rational compared to the wholesale advances of the nineties and =
the wholesale declines of 2000 and 2001.  This market rewards you for =
picking good stocks and avoiding weak ones. =20

  I'm learning alot about technical analysis and cup and handle =
formations.  But I always look first - very closely - at the companies =
fundamentals to make sure I'm buying a solid company with strong =
earnings growth at a reasonable valuation.  That way, even if I don't =
hit it at the right moment, it will go up sometime soon.

  Ira
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Ian=20
    To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
    Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:11 PM
    Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


    "I'd like a little rationality"

    I would argue that over the last couple of months, we have seen the =
most 'rational' market in quite a while. No panic-induced broad-based =
selloffs, and no extended, buy every-tech manic short squeeze runs. We =
have seen a dramatic divergence across tech (check out semi gear makers =
AMAT, and NVLS charts and compare to telco gear makers LU and NT) that =
has been rational with regards to direction of demand for the products. =
The companies with the worst corporate performance are at/below 9/21 =
valuations, and the companies with relatively strong corporate =
performance are 300%+ above 9/21 valuations. Companies with strong EPS =
and revenue growth are being rewarded. And the most rational part, IMHO, =
is that the bulk of companies 'in the middle' are drifiting aimlessly, =
as they should be.

    Ian




      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Mona Guarino=20
      To: canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
      Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 12:58 PM
      Subject: RE: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


      Ira, thanks for the Twinkies metaphor. I, for one, have not =
recovered nearly enough from the stomach ache from over eating the =
Twinkies to be much tempted by tech stocks.

      It's less that I want a bull market at this point and more that =
I'd like a little rationality. Maybe this is simply inexperience and =
there is nothing different about the current market, but it seems that =
bad news, good news, or no news can all bring down a stock; hard to have =
much confidence in your own due diligence when you're new at it and you =
can't seem to trust pundits, accountants, or analysists or even the #s =
themselves for much of anything.

      -- Mona
        -----Original Message-----
        From: owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com =
[mailto:owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Ira Post
        Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:43 AM
        To: canslim@lists.xmission.com
        Subject: Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?


        Mona and Katherine,

        Very good points on market direction.  We'd all love to have =
another bull market, but we haven't sufficiently absorbed the last one.  =
P/E's are still very high.  I think a sideways move for a number of =
years is a very likely transition to whatever comes next.  I also agree =
that tech stocks will recover somewhat, but not lead the market like =
they did in the nineties.

        Tech stocks are often like Hostess Twinkies.  They're so =
attractive, but usually lack substance.  One has to be very careful to =
use good due diligence on the financials on tech stocks like on every =
other stock.

        Ira

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tom, you're right that it's good to =
look at=20
earnings forecasts too.&nbsp; And I do look at them and take them into=20
account.&nbsp; But, while I no longer completely trust earnings reports, =
I trust=20
them more than earnings forecasts.&nbsp; Sometimes analysts are plugging =

companies that their company does business with and sometimes they're =
just plain=20
wrong.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ira</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV=20
  style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
  <A title=3Dstkguru@bellsouth.net =
href=3D"mailto:stkguru@bellsouth.net">Tom=20
  Worley</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
 </DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 17, 2002 =
1:27=20
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Bear =
Rally?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Ira, just keep in mind when doing the =
valuation=20
  evaluation, that current price is based on future expectations / =
valuations,=20
  not what it did for the past 12 months.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Focus on forecasts, and projected PE ratios, =
and=20
  projected revenues.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV>Tom Worley<BR><A=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:stkguru@bellsouth.net">stkguru@bellsouth.net</A><BR>AIM:=20
  TexWorley</DIV>
  <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20
  <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20
  title=3Dip108@yahoo.com href=3D"mailto:ip108@yahoo.com">Ira Post</A> =
</DIV>
  <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
  =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
 </DIV>
  <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 16, 2002 3:20 PM</DIV>
  <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Bear Rally?</DIV></DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ian, that's a good point regarding =
this kind of=20
  market actually being somewhat rational compared to the wholesale =
advances of=20
  the nineties and the wholesale declines of 2000 and 2001.&nbsp; This =
market=20
  rewards you for picking good stocks and avoiding weak ones.&nbsp;=20
</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm learning alot about technical =
analysis and=20
  cup and handle formations.&nbsp; But I always look first - very =
closely - at=20
  the companies fundamentals to make sure I'm buying a solid company =
with strong=20
  earnings growth at a reasonable valuation.&nbsp; That way, even if I =
don't hit=20
  it at the right moment, it will go up sometime soon.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ira</FONT></DIV>
  <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
  style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
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    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
    <DIV=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
    <A title=3Dianstm@shaw.ca href=3D"mailto:ianstm@shaw.ca">Ian</A> =
</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
    =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
=20
    </DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, April 16, 2002 =
1:11=20
    PM</DIV>
    <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Bear=20
Rally?</DIV>
    <DIV><BR></DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2>"I'd like a little rationality"</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I would argue that over the last couple of =
months, we have=20
    seen the most 'rational' market in quite a while. No panic-induced=20
    broad-based selloffs, and no extended, buy every-tech manic short =
squeeze=20
    runs. We have seen a dramatic divergence across tech (check out semi =
gear=20
    makers AMAT, and NVLS charts and compare to telco gear makers LU and =
NT)=20
    that has been rational with regards to direction of demand for the =
products.=20
    The companies with the worst corporate performance are at/below 9/21 =

    valuations, and the companies with relatively strong corporate =
performance=20
    are 300%+ above 9/21 valuations. Companies with strong EPS and =
revenue=20
    growth are being rewarded. And the most rational part, IMHO, is that =
the=20
    bulk of companies 'in the middle' are drifiting aimlessly, as they =
should=20
    be.</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ian</FONT></DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
    <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
    style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- =
</DIV>
      <DIV=20
      style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
      <A title=3Dwebmaster@design21.com =
href=3D"mailto:webmaster@design21.com">Mona=20
      Guarino</A> </DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
      title=3Dcanslim@lists.xmission.com=20
      =
href=3D"mailto:canslim@lists.xmission.com">canslim@lists.xmission.com</A>=
=20
      </DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 14, =
2002 12:58=20
      PM</DIV>
      <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [CANSLIM] Bear =

      Rally?</DIV>
      <DIV><BR></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
      class=3D780334619-14042002>Ira, thanks for the Twinkies metaphor. =
I, for=20
      one, have not recovered nearly enough from the stomach ache from =
over=20
      eating the Twinkies to be much tempted by tech =
stocks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
      class=3D780334619-14042002></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
      class=3D780334619-14042002>It's less that I want a bull market at =
this point=20
      and more that I'd like a little rationality. Maybe this is simply=20
      inexperience and there is nothing different about the current =
market, but=20
      it seems that bad news, good news, or no news&nbsp;can all bring =
down a=20
      stock; hard to have much confidence in your own due diligence when =
you're=20
      new at it and you can't seem to trust pundits, accountants, or =
analysists=20
      or even the #s themselves for much of =
anything.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
      class=3D780334619-14042002></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
      <DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
      class=3D780334619-14042002>-- Mona</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
      <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20
      style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff =
2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
        <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
        size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
        owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com=20
        [mailto:owner-canslim@lists.xmission.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ira =

        Post<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 14, 2002 9:43 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
        canslim@lists.xmission.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CANSLIM] Bear =

        Rally?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mona and =
Katherine,</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Very good points on market =
direction.&nbsp;=20
        We'd all love to have another bull market, but we haven't =
sufficiently=20
        absorbed the last one.&nbsp; P/E's are still very high.&nbsp; I =
think a=20
        sideways move for a number of years is a very likely transition =
to=20
        whatever comes next.&nbsp; I also agree that tech stocks will =
recover=20
        somewhat, but not lead the market like they did in the=20
        nineties.</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tech stocks are often like =
Hostess=20
        Twinkies.&nbsp; They're so attractive, but usually lack =
substance.&nbsp;=20
        One has to be very careful to use good due diligence on the =
financials=20
        on tech stocks like on every other stock.</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
        <DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
  =
size=3D2>Ira</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQU=
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