Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/9/02 7:14:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Sen. Robert Torricelli's Republican challenger has apparently decided to make the Torch's support for the latest farm bill an issue in this campaign, judging by this press release they put out after Torricelli apologized for hi

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/9/02 8:28:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "I've noticed in contest after contest media polls fairly consistently overstate support for the candidate percieved to be more liberal by 5-15%" That's interesting. Two serious questions. Firs

RE: efficient markets ...

2002-08-09 Thread john hull
--- Grey Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "'...we think you should have 100 stocks, minimum, representing more than 20 different industries.'" Is is true that a major strength of diversification comes from the fact that stock prices have a log-normal distribution, i.e. percentage change is norma

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread john hull
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "I've noticed in contest after contest media polls fairly consistently overstate support for the candidate percieved to be more liberal by 5-15%" That's interesting. Two serious questions. First, do I recall correctly that the last presidential polls were predic

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread James Haney
Sen. Robert Torricelli's Republican challenger has apparently decided to make the Torch's support for the latest farm bill an issue in this campaign, judging by this press release they put out after Torricelli apologized for his ethics violations. --James - My fellow New Jerseyans, I've let

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/9/02 1:37:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << While it might be true that urban dwellers don't support direct farm subsidies to the same extent as rural dwellers (though my bet is that the support is still large) what they do support is food stamps which are another form of

Re: Webcast "radio" stations

2002-08-09 Thread Bryan Etzel
There are some internet "radio" stations. I use launch.com where you can watch music videos and listen to music. It is free and you can cusomize your own radio station. A guy who I work with has used shoutcast.com and is now using musicmatch radio. For musicmatch he pays a small (~$3/month)

Re: Webcast "radio" stations

2002-08-09 Thread Joel Simon Grus
> With broadband's use and availability increasing, especially within office > environments, why haven't we seen significant web-"radio" stations that > "broadcast" solely over the Internet? Well, there were a number of very popular web-"radio" stations, but the Copyright Office has imposed pro

Webcast "radio" stations

2002-08-09 Thread Dan Lewis
With broadband's use and availability increasing, especially within office environments, why haven't we seen significant web-"radio" stations that "broadcast" solely over the Internet? They'd get around FCC regulations and the oligarchy that exists now and could reach a global audience. It seem

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread Alex Tabarrok
While it might be true that urban dwellers don't support direct farm subsidies to the same extent as rural dwellers (though my bet is that the support is still large) what they do support is food stamps which are another form of agricultural support - the quid pro quo between ag. subsidies and foo

RE: efficient markets ...

2002-08-09 Thread Grey Thomas
The late Al Frank had a newsletter, the Prudent Speculator, which was ranked very highly on return for 10 & 20 year periods (some 23% annual avg.) He's a long term investor (avg 6.5 years), fundamental value. NOT day trading! Here's a bit from an interview with its current author: You recommend

Re: farm subsidies/amtrak

2002-08-09 Thread AdmrlLocke
In a message dated 8/8/02 2:46:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Regarding the support of the public for farm subsidies etc. here is another example. The Washington Post reports in a poll that support for Amtrak subsidies is very strong - and it is strong regardless of Amtrak use. Here i