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To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (127400)	12/23/2005 1:10:30 PM
From: The Freep	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 209892

<<Also the small issue that anyone believing in sentiment polls has a vested interest in lying about their own sentiment.>> While that's true, in theory it should smooth itself out by folks on the opposite side also having a vested interest in lying. My guess is that the noise factor due to this is ultimately pretty small with a big enough responder set.

To: Win-Lose-Draw who wrote (127400)	12/23/2005 1:26:22 PM
From: skinowski	Respond to of 209892

anyone believing in sentiment polls has a vested interest in lying about their own sentiment You lost me on this one, my friend... The good thing about "objectively measured" sentiment data is precisely that it shows you whether your personal "sentiment" happens to be in alignment with those who have a good -- or, a poor - track record. For instance, if I "feel" something is about to happen -- if I learn that I am in full agreement with a bunch of consistently wrong odd-lotters, I'll think twice before acting on my "intuition"... g/ng