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Old 05-26-2007, 05:24 AM
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Default Re: Morgan Stanley says stocks could fall 10%

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Question for the statistically minded:

If you have an asset with a 17% standard deviation, how often can you say it will fall at least 10% in the next six months and end up being right on purely the basis of statistical fluctuation (incorrectly assuming a Gaussian dsd).

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what do you mean "end up being right"?

Barron

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i think he's referring to morgan stanley being right about their prediction. confused me too.
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