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...cheaper. A high-end CCD camera may still go for more than $5,000, but a stripped-down model can cost as little as $1,000. The handiest hobbyists can build their own so-called cookbook cameras, buying CCD chips and other imaging hardware for a few hundred dollars and doing the assembly work themselves...
...range. Such stocks often end up in the zero range (see box, next page). Another mistake is to focus on companies that fell the most from their highs. In many cases the old high had no basis in reality and won't recur in your lifetime. The handiest measure of a stock's value is its price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio--price per share divided by earnings per share--compared with that of other companies in its industry and with the market and historical averages. But there are other useful calibrations. Here's how the pros evaluate five industries...
...Wall Street's bulls lapped up the news that the nation's highest-profile manufacturers - and one of its handiest gauges of consumer sentiment - were feeling flush, and staged a stirring comeback in a season that hasn't seen many of those. By the closing bell, the Dow was up 113 points, and had crossed back over the 10,000 mark (for the 15th time...
...Furthermore, some of the handiest aspects of DVD players are absent, most particularly the ability to search. With no time counter and only one speed for fast-forwarding, getting to your favorite line can mean sitting through several minutes of watching the characters hop around like speed-freak mutes...
...tails, Sha Shas are flashier than most Doc Martens and have a cushier sole. "Besides looking dope, the shoes are really comfortable," says Glenn Innes, 23, the editor of SuperPunk.com in Edmonton, Alta., who adds that he has never stored anything in the G-spot. "It's not the handiest location...