every share has a risk.....but with risk you get a commensurate...

every share has a risk.....but with risk you get a commensurate return...

Also keep in mind tha the operating cash flow figure you are quoting is for the first half of the year right?....when we hat the earth quake in Japan ( a third of BBG's retail business)...and the flooding in QLD.....right? In a normalised less disaster prone year the operating cash flow would be much higher....also the debt's only being viewed as an issue right now because the share price has crashed 77 or so percent since the start of the year.....it would have been viewed as "conservative" when BBG was priced at $8 :-)