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Wall Street recognizes the value generated by successful debt purchasing companies, but it is quick to react negatively to escalating portfolio prices, executive and employee turnover, and revenue recognition issues.

I think our areas of deficiency right now have been consistency in both offense and defense but probably more offensively. Our ball control hasn't been consistent, and we have had real breakdowns here and there with out passing, and those are areas we're going to focus a lot on and try to get better. I think, as we increase our offensive efficiency, we will be better.

It's going to be like the first trial all over again.

I think the service industry will see a tremendous amount of growth there. When you have companies like Boeing ( BA : Research , Estimates ) or Motorola ( MOT : Research , Estimates ), they have such clout they can negotiate their own terms of market access. It hasn't been that way for the [Mom and Pop] businesses. They don't have that kind of market clout.

I owe a friend a dozen chickens, and I believe it will be cheaper to send eggs instead, and let them develop on the road.