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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:02 PM
Subject: Curious decision


> I recently finished The Predictors about the folks in New Mexico using
chaos
> theory to trade the markets.  I thought the book was excellent.  There are
> no systems in it so if you're looking for something along those lines,
this
> book is just a story about the business side of getting going.
>
> In it, one of them made a statement that they trade anything "that doesn't
> walk, shit, or rot."  My only guess for this decision on their part was
that
> these markets were more subject to supply and demand.  They did trade gold
> even though their statistical models revealed some manipulation in this
> market.  They started out primarily on currencies, interest rates, and
large
> equity indexes.  Anyone else know why they made that particular exclusion?
>
> Kent
>
>