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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (67818)10/11/1999 12:58:00 PM
From: BGR  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86076
 
Heinz,

So, if there are 10 stocks in my portfolio for total 10 dollars each, and the first nine go down by 1%, and the last one doubles, on average my portfolio is down!? That's new math, or what?

Why do you think that the mode is a better measure than the mean?

-BGR.