tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110066412113077979.post2936799209697068669..comments2020-07-17T15:00:48.509-04:00Comments on Metro Marginalia: a blog of books: Review: Battle for America 2008Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262050778332573644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110066412113077979.post-80082620147931508652010-01-21T21:55:32.616-05:002010-01-21T21:55:32.616-05:00That's a fantastic point.
But yeah, I figured...That's a fantastic point.<br /><br />But yeah, I figured it was a >10% drop in the index, they just never actually write that. But even with that, like you said, not a great measure of anything in particular. Small sample size and all.<br /><br />You were right, is my point.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262050778332573644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110066412113077979.post-22609400600712942122010-01-21T20:23:51.004-05:002010-01-21T20:23:51.004-05:00Double-digit hits almost certainly refers to a 10+...Double-digit hits almost certainly refers to a 10+% drop in the index. Indices are functionally useless in comparing in absolute terms one to another, anyhow, and even an index in isolation is a fairly useless number at one data point, as its real function is to track a basket of prices/securities/assets over time.<br /><br />Business is stupid, is my point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110066412113077979.post-54932862055498799222010-01-19T15:13:36.163-05:002010-01-19T15:13:36.163-05:00Yeah, and that's what I was hoping for. But I ...Yeah, and that's what I was hoping for. But I guess I'll have to go to the Newsweek book for that.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02262050778332573644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2110066412113077979.post-82012162998829784302010-01-19T14:06:07.096-05:002010-01-19T14:06:07.096-05:00I'm not sure how much "insider informatio...I'm not sure how much "insider information" there could have been if the authors just did interviews after the fact or even during the campaigns. The only way they could get anything that people weren't willing to telling them later would be if they were actually there...Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590155996047777229noreply@blogger.com