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To: shades who wrote (67493)	8/14/2005 4:17:10 PM
From: Moominoid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

What is the right data to look at? Ten year return, alpha etc. but my gordon gecko friends that had inside info always seemed to do better than me, the lawyers, doctors, fund managers they shared this info with always seemed to do better than me. Uh huh, yes I agree. I had particular knowledge of computer software and hardware Not what I am really thinking of, more about the structure of the company, patents etc. and THEN how the valuation stacks up vs. other firms. The successful firm is only the first neccessary condition in finding a good investment. - if everyone learns to do this - or use software that does this automatically - what edge can you gain from it anymore - But they don't. All the finance profs are telling everyone it doesn't work. but shades is about creating star trek society, he wants everyone to have access to knowledge and tools - he does not want certain professions to exist only because they can keep "brainwashing" dummies as you say - hehe I'm into making money. The rest can buy index funds :) Look at who uses technicals - you are going to get the edge? mta.org Why not? I'm just a dumb econ prof who uses econometrics professionally (and published 50+ papers etc. etc.) and has a contrarian bent.... In the end the results count. I posted my learning curve... Maybe the outperformance won't hold up. We will see. David