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To: GraceZ who wrote (6471)	8/1/2001 8:15:35 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>I figured out why you got weird results on the >5% screen...<< Bingo. If this, as quoted by Yahoo: 0%< - 1910, 5%< - 1445, 10%< - 1600, is correct, then 1600 companies would have a better than 10% performance, and only 1445 better than 5%. IOW there should be -155 companies with performance between 5 and 10%. This is nonsense. Cumulative distribution is monotonic, basta. Using straight words, we found a bug in Yahoo software: this entry provides the numbers not for >5%, as advertized, but for >15% - You can check it by chosing the two alternatives in 1 Yr Stock Perf: screen.yahoo.com change other fields and try again. BTW - thanks for tackling the question. In the mean time we're are happily flying down the range (big). As a software jock myself, I can just say, Asta la vista Compadres and User beware. Re type of average - I meant simple numerical vs for instance market-cap weighted. And re off-NASDAQ/violet-by-a-mossy-stone/NYSE stocks: point well made and point well taken too. We're so ... blended by tech UV light; dj