directorblue.blogspot.com - 11/21/2008
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In the early twentieth century Francis Galton witnessed a contest at a county fair. Asked to estimate the weight of a prize ox, spectators and cattle experts alike submitted their guesses on paper.
After the contest was finished, Galton collected the hundreds of submissions. He painstakingly ...
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"Obama Factor" Weighs Heavy in Market Crash
Gateway Pundit —
The stock market continued its horrible post-election crash Thursday: The Dow is down nearly 20% since Barack Obama won the presidential election. This is the largest post election stock market sell off in history. Doug Ross tracked the Obama factor in the current market slide in this very interesting blog post-- "Barack Obama and the Wisdom of Crowds" If we zoom into the September-to-November timeframe, we'll ...
Gateway Pundit Joins The Revolution
Sadly, No! —
... Doug Ross tracked the Obama factor in the current market slide in this very interesting blog post– ...
BARACK OBAMA and the wisdom of crowds. “Call it what you will, but the markets appear to have react…
Instapundit —
... BARACK OBAMA and the wisdom of crowds. “Call it what you will, but the markets appear to have reacted to Obama’s promises of economic ‘fairness’, ’spreading the wealth’ and raising taxes on the job creators of society.” ...
The Market Responds to Obama
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
Doug Ross analyzes the market’s response to “Spread the Wealth.”
H/T Gateway Pundit.
– DRJ
The world just doesn't understand the genius of Barack Obama
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