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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (87549)	6/4/2008 10:48:00 PM
From: bull_dozer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Hello Knighty Tin, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of "The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable") is recommending your strategy... "And you and me? Well, the good investment strategy is to put 90% of your money in the safest possible government securities and the remaining 10% in a large number of high-risk ventures. This insulates you from bad black swans and exposes you to the possibility of good ones. Your smallest investment could go “convex” – explode – and make you rich. High-tech companies are the best. The downside risk is low if you get in at the start and the upside very high. Banks are the worst – all the risk is downside. Don’t be tempted to play the stock market – 'If people knew the risks they’d never invest.' ..." business.timesonline.co.uk Rare black swan formation : Message 24644961 "The very rare black swan formation - note both feet and neck are complete and the rare vampire tooth variation is in place. This is very bad. Very very bad. img208.imageshack.us "