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This is for you GG. Which is the chart that is of a real stock and which one is randomly made?

It is amazing that this poll received as many votes has it has. I will now uncover the truth. Deadreader was correct. Mystery 2 was a chart of Ebay through late June 2003. Mystery 1 was the random chart. So, it seems that according to the polling whereas it was 2:1 voting for Mystery 1...

It is irrelevant to try to predict future movement. Just random noise at this point.

One particular note: the randomly generated chart was done by formula via Excel and transfered over. The numbers chosen in it were not manually inputed. The spreadsheet formula can replicate a variety of charts that are immistakeable from the real thing.

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Even though most everyone wants above average returns (better than the market), many experts from John Bogle to Nassim Taleb have said this is impossible and over the long term performance fluctuations return to the mean. For every winning fund there is a corresponding losing fund in the...

After reading many of the journals, and if they are honest, most traders seems more likely to wing it on feeling and intuition of a particular buy or sell rather than using a strict automated trading system. This occurs is even more when using technical analysis of chart graphing...

RWJ YTD Overview Picks: (closing prices as of 8/26/03) /Net change from 6/6/03 Baxter Intl (BAX) 27.57 /+1.48 +5.67% Polo Ralph Lauren (RL) 28.62 /+2.48 +9.49% Hasbro (HAS) 18.43 /+1.75 +10.49% Casual Male Retail Group (CMRG) 6.89 /+2.67 +63.27% Rf Microdevices (RFMD) 8.69...

8/26/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

How can interviewers verify whether the analysts/managers/execs. they are talking to are telling the truth as to what positions they may have in a stock they are talking about? I am sure they do not have the power to audit the firms involved. So when a fund manager says he is holding a staking...

Are you actually buying any or is it just talk?

Correlation does not imply causation.

8/22/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

8/19/03 Update Type Recommendation (current status) ------ --------------------- 1 Strong bull (anticipate significant upside near-term) 2 Weak bull (conditional upside, probable strength) 3 Neutral (uncertain current outlook, could go either way) 4 Weak...

No, will update tomorrow.

I found a site, Xodds.com, that has an interesting twist on trading. Although it is structured as a futures/option market the trades are executed as betting gambles, where one does not actually own the underlying securities at any time. Its trades are in several different markets: forex...

Hi, I am no lawyer but the best way to do it is explicitly write in a contract that you are an amateur and that he absolves you from any legal/financial liability for any decisions he makes in taking your recommedations. As to potential profit, just state that he will compensate you as he...

The reason why they do not tell their strategies is because then they most likely will lose their edge in forecasting and making trades.

Quote from NYT about research analysts: --For many analysts, it's a little hard to swallow. Having tasted the fruits of the 1990's — fame, television, deals and money — some are beginning to wonder if the 100-hour weeks are worth the effort. "There is just nothing attractive about the...