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To: SilentZ who wrote (246640)	8/19/2005 4:00:18 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571829

How is your current analogy related to your original post that Gates was "lucky"? Everyone does benefit from prosperity. It's call "taxes". Maybe you're taking an exception and seeing it as the trend?

To: SilentZ who wrote (246640)	8/19/2005 4:49:57 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571829

Z, An economics textbook I read not long ago cited a study where eight practiced stockbrokers made predictions over a period of time, and there was a competition to see whose basket of stocks did the best. The twist here, is that a trained monkey was the ninth stockbroker, and finished somewhere in the middle. So stock analysts are overpaid for their B.S. I could have told you that. Ask Jim McMannis what he thinks of Jim Cramer on CNBC ... Tenchusatsu