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hi mikey I have pretty much given up on trying to discuss these complex things. i think i enjoy reading these types of discussions but i have given up (or more accurately never started) trying to apply any of the conclusions so i suppose it is not always time well spent. hix9

hi sg I have to say that I think use of "reversion to the mean" as a stock investment indicator is pure horse puckey.... Observed "reversion to the mean" may not happen for many years and that "reversion" could happen at a time when the mean is even higher than it is today. If you need any...

hi mikey To me it is very odd to attempt to decide an issue like whether ir not there is mean reversion in market returns by listening to, reading, or partaking in debates. Time might be better spent bringing one's understanding of statistics to a higher level. Not sure I understand you here...

Put simply, markets revert to the mRe: 4% of what? Hi Petey Peteyperson wrote: Put simply, markets revert to the mean. I remember circa 2002 just when the index fund boards were in the beginning of the big shuffle that took them from TMF to NFB and here, and ultimately to raddr's. Anyway...