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To: JZGalt who wrote (5217)	7/29/1998 5:11:00 PM
From: OldAIMGuy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

In the words of: Shakespear, "This market Sucketh!" Monica, "The market sucks, too!" Bill, "I don't inhale, but the market does!" the North Wind, "The market Blows!" Hoover Vacuum, "It beats and sucks!" Maybe tomorrow will be nicer! Best regards, Tom

To: JZGalt who wrote (5217)	7/29/1998 9:39:00 PM
From: Julius Wong	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18928

Dave: I was not able to calculate the fractal dimensions directly. However, it is know that the fractal geometry is related to British mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson's work on seacoasts. Richardson discovered that the length of a seacoast depends on the size of the measurement unit. For example, we select a unit to measure the length of a seacoast, say the length of the seacoast is 100 miles. Next we use a smaller measurement unit, say 1/5 of the previous unit, then the length of the seacoast increases to more than 100 miles. Why? When we use a larger measurement unit we missed the details. A smaller measurement picked out more details, therefore the length of the seacoast increases. Now we apply that to stock prices. Consider a stock increases $20 in one year. If we first find the stock price change every quarter, then add the four numbers, the result will be greater than $20. The bigger the difference, the stock has more up and down motions. This can be done easily using a technical analysis software. Julius