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Comment author: wedrifid 11 May 2011 08:47:30PM *  0 points [-]

(Pardon a couple of typo corrections.)

Homo Economus

Homo Economicus

I'm guessing it's "Between $5 and $500k,"

I'm pretty sure it is not in the range ($5, $10].

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 11 May 2011 08:50:02PM 0 points [-]

You mean [$5,$10), no?

Comment author: wedrifid 11 May 2011 08:57:11PM 2 points [-]

You mean [$5,$10), no?

I do actually mean ($5, $10] but I can understand if you would prefer the other variation. My reasoning is that 'between' sounds to me to be non-inclusive ("between Fred and Joe" for example) while making the trade at $10 would just be pointless. The $10 in particular could be seen as ambiguous and if there was a symbol that meant "')' or ']', whatever" then I would use that instead.

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