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Re: st: simply start over and build something better
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Richard Williams <[email protected]>
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Re: st: simply start over and build something better
Date
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:08:03 -0500
At 08:23 AM 9/16/2010, Jose Molina wrote:
Factor variables sucked big time. I hope they demote whoever was in
charge. Very bad return on investment.
Margin (related to factor varible) is almost as bad. Not really
better than mfx.
Why all the hostility? I find factor variables very helpful,
especially when used in conjunction with margins. Perhaps they could
have been done better, but I would rather have them than not have them.
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