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The Opportunity in Beaten-Down, Money-Losing Growth Businesses

This Week in Intelligent Investing

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The Importance of Capitalizing R&D

Elliot: I used to kind of think that maybe you should be allowed to capitalize R&D like they do in Europe and some other countries. But, you know, it's just impossible to know how long that stuff really lasts. Elliot: If the economics and the cash are going to be there eventually, and you're upset because the company's being too conservative essentially by fully expensing everything today, I don't know what to tell you. That's completely insane! Elliott: As an analyst, feel free to capitalize, but let reality and execution show whether it creates value or not.

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