Michael Eisenscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <868si6$2d6b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >From nettime's_roving_primatologist Tue Jan 18 13:06:46 2000 > bbs.thing.net: majordom set sender to [EMAIL PROTECTED] using > -f To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "nettime's_roving_primatologist" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Block address Subject: <nettime> Wall St > chumps lose out to chimp Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:06:46 -0100 > > <http://www.theregister.co.uk/000113-000008.html> > > Wall St chumps lose out to chimp > > A chimp that chose her portfolio of Internet stocks by chucking darts at a > list of companies has been hailed a financial whizz kid by her keeper. > > Six-year-old Raven delivered a 213 per cent gain on 1999 outperforming most > of the yuppies on Wall Street. Indeed, had she been employed at a Wall > Street Mutual Fund, it's claimed her performance would have ranked as the > 22nd best money manager in the country -- outperforming more than 6,000 > Wall Street pros. > > The monkey business began in January of 1999 when Raven lobbed darts at a > list of 133 Internet-related stocks, to create her own financial index, > MonkeyDex. > > During the last year her selection has just surpassed all expectations. > > "She quadrupled the performance of the Dow and doubled the performance of > the Nasdaq composite," said Roland Perry, editor of the Internet Stock > Review and creator of the MonkeyDex, billed as the "Internet's first index > of Internet stocks picked by an actual monkey" (what, as opposed to a fake > one? - Ed). > > "Not bad considering she wasn't able to participate in any of the hot new > issue offerings," he said. > > Raven recently returned to Wall Street to pick this year's selection from > 281 Internet-related stocks. They are: Audible.com, Broadcom, eToys, > Litronic, Medium4.com, Lycos, N2H2, Prodigy, Software.com, and StarMedia. > > # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission > # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, > # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more > info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body > # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ____ > > * hi. want fewer posts from me like this one? send reply to: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and in SUBJECT line, please type > "no thanks"; eFax (425) 984-8490; PGP on request > ____ > > subscribe to mayday2k mailing list. send blank message to: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit: > http://www.onelist.com/community/mayday2k > ____ > > _____ >
