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To: Paul Senior who wrote (34512)	5/18/2009 6:11:54 PM
From: E_K_S	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78613

Google challenged by new rival with all the answers - WolframAlpha business.timesonline.co.uk From the article:"...A revolutionary new search engine that computes answers rather than pointing to websites will be launched officially today amid heated talk that it could challenge the might of Google..." ----------------------------------------------------------------- They have a Money & Finance area that produces some interesting reports. I put in seven of my top ten holdings and the program calculated the Mean-variance optimal portfolio size and weighting. www16.wolframalpha.com According to the program, I need to hold a lot more T-Bills & Bonds. Try an individual stock report as the program produces a simulated log-normal random walks based on historical parameters. The WolframAlpha search engine may be something to keep an eye on in the future. Here is a link to other examples & "answers" derived from it's extensive databases. www16.wolframalpha.com