<<But I suppose someone has to be at the "loser end" of the
bell curve.>>
> Did that have racist overtones?
Nope, nothing racial about it. Almost everything that is the
result of independent variables is normally distributed,
including how well Ph.D.'s in English compose email,
apparently. I guess I was incorrectly supposing that your
purported quantitative skills in economics would allow you to see
that the use of "bell curve" was technical rather than metaphoric.
> Why are you so infatuated with my profile, anyway?
Morbidly fascinated would be closer. I have daughters that will
someday go to college, and on the off chance that one of them
might end up at UCLA, I am hoping that you will be retired by
then (assuming that you aren't really teaching at Cal State Long
Beach).
<<<I've been mostly out of the market since the middle of the
summer, since I thought we might see a general drop like this. I
do hold a fair amount of ORCL and some SEBL, but I think of them
as long term investments..>>>>
> Why are you telling me this? Do I care?
I assume not, but I was responding directly to one of your
comments. However, your attention span seems too limited to
recall this and your exclusive self-involvement is palpable, so I
should have known better. It's just that when we buffoons on the
list exchange opinions we sometimes spell out our positions in
various stocks to help others account for our biases. It's
stupid and boring, but it's the best we can do. |
