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Re: interpretation of Polynomial



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"Jay Mackro" <jmackro@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> All that I believe you can say from the chart attached to your
> message is that the trend had been downward leading into Friday,
> and that a polynomial projection would continue to point downward. 
> Is that a "prediction"?  Not in my book. 

Right.  A polynomial projection is no more a prediction than a 
trendline is.  Think of a polynomial projection as a "curved" 
trendline.

Prices might follow trendlines, or they might not.  Same with the 
poly projection.

Gary