--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "hugheshugo" 
> <richardhughes103@> wrote:
> <snip>
> > My question is, why are the TMO going on about the stock
> > market as though it's the only indicator of an improved
> > society? Could it be that it's all there is to show for
> > 17 weeks?
> >
> > What about murder & burglary rates, hospital admissions,
> > car crashes etc or even people running around in the street
> > laughing. Hell, anything other than dry facts and figures
> > from wall street. There is more to life.
> 
>
> 
> If their assumptions about the significance of the
> stock market are correct, it makes sense to use it,
> at least for PR purposes, as a preliminary gauge of
> the ongoing success of the course.
> 

Providing they are using the data correctly!


> However, as new morning has pointed out, you can't
> assume anything definite about long-term trends
> based on short-term rises in the markets.
>

Exactly. So let's meet here to discuss it next year when all the 
results are in. Might even take part myself.



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