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To: Moominoid who wrote (32747)	4/30/2003 11:18:33 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Guy get a bucket of water out off a ship (100 years ago) and record the temp. Compare this with the accuracy of today's technology, and the size of today's samples and you see what I mean by compare the dtoday's data with the unrelaible inaccurate data of 100 years ago.

To: Moominoid who wrote (32747)	4/30/2003 11:37:08 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<. If we take the geologists viewpoint there is no point in studying humans at all.... just a tiny blip in the history of the earth.> HEY! You're getting to one of my main points on 'markets'... ie. probably ANY generalization about asset class returns [certainly 'stocks outperform in the long run'] are statistically so insignificant as to be laughable. DAK PS; This 'truth' is called: "The Sutra of Trinity Church' [where all the old broke Wall Streeters are buried].