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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (95565)4/18/2002 2:56:25 PM
From: Night Trader  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 132070
 
People do tend to underestimate luck in success and not just in investing. In the US in particular, how much money you've made is seen as a proxy for your IQ. Hence billionaires are the sages of our times even though their wealth could be nothing more than holding one of life's winning lottery tickets.

Would anyone have listened to Ross Perot without laughing otherwise?