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Re: Curious decision



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You could email them at their website and ask them.
http://www.predict.com/index.htm
BobR

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Rollins" <kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OmegaList" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: Curious decision


> I was really asking about the market traits may have made these particular
> markets undesirable.
>
> Kent
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BobR <bobrabcd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: OmegaList <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Curious decision
>
>
> Unexpected maintenance costs, feeding, caring, disease, etc.
>
> ----- 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
> >
> >
>
>
>