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To: Berney who wrote (20506)	7/20/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: RealMuLan	Respond to of 99985

Berney: I think he was using DJI. The following is from Yahoo daily quote between 5/1/50 to 5/3/99 chart.yahoo.com However, the return will be the highest if you just invested $10,000 and hold. DOW (5/1/50) DOW (10/30/98) Percent Change Account value on $10,000 215.8 8592.1 38.815% $388,151 DOW (5/1/50) DOW (5/3/99) Percent Change Account value on $10,000 215.8 11014.69 50.0412% $500,412 FWIW

To: Berney who wrote (20506)	7/20/1999 6:37:00 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

And here is the return for SP500 data source: chart.yahoo.com S&P500(5/1/50) S&P500(10/30/98) Percent Change Account value on $10,000 19.53 1098.67 5525.55% $55,255,504 S&P500(5/1/50) S&P500(5/3/99) Percent Change Account value on $10,000 19.53 1354.63 6836.15% $68,361,495 FWIW

To: Berney who wrote (20506)	7/20/1999 11:05:00 PM
From: Smooth Drive	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 99985

Hello Berney, Someone's pointed out it's the DJIA. One could use the SPX as well, and probably get similar results. I doubt if anyone would trade based on that model, I just found it very interesting that there could be such a difference between two six month holding periods. So Berney, why do you think there is such a difference. That is, why is the period 11/1/xx to 4/30/xx so much better than 5/1/xx to 10/31/xx? Anyone? Btw, we both have bean counting degrees. But it looks like you actually do it for a living<g>. Take care, Eric