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Strategies & Market Trends : Zeev's Turnips - No Politics -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Joseph Beltran who wrote (56955)	4/26/2002 9:42:24 AM
From: augieboo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Toss in 25 gallons of salad oil and I'm ready to subscribe; and don't forget Martha & Liz. eom

To: Joseph Beltran who wrote (56955)	4/26/2002 12:56:16 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 99280

Don't be surprised if CNBC takes your suggestion, but don't expect a thank you. <g> When they first started including after-hours trading in their price charts, they were showing the up/down amounts of each stock during market hours based on where they ended the after-hours session. After hours they were based on that day's market close, IIRC. This meant that during market hours, they were constantly having to explain how much the stock had changed relative to the previous day's close. I suggested that they should have a consistent reference point for reporting up/down amounts during the day, and I suggested that the reference point they chose should be the same as what the Wall Street Journal uses. Surprised the heck out of me when they took my suggestion! I never heard from them about it, though. Of course, they may have thought of it themselves as well. It must have been a heck of a workload to be constantly saying, "That's X dollars from yesterday's close" every time they mentioned the price of a stock.