RE: Investing

From: Spike (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Jun 14 2003 - 10:29:06 MDT

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    Ahh, the "follow the smart money" theory.

    Problem here is that science has never been able to prove the existence
    of smart money in the market...I felt like that poor mentally retarded
    guy in "Flowers for Algernon" who through some medical intervention
    becomes a genius, and then through his genius realizes that he's
    destined to return to being retarded. -gts

    Thanks g, this confirms my own intuitions
    about stock investing. I am only smart
    enough to know how dumb I am about this
    topic. During the big runup of 96 thru 2k,
    I felt like such a sucker staying out of
    the market. I watched the net worth of
    my friend's 6 yr old daughter exceed my
    own, as she bought the high fliers and I
    sat out the boom.

    Her net worth is now about average for a
    10 yr old child.

    All the hype of those heady times violated
    my intuitions about how the world should
    work. Those intuitions were correct in
    the long run.

    spike



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