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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (186)	11/14/2007 12:23:02 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 379

Only two contest portfolios out of 24 are in the black: Message 24042937 My total return should have come in around 6% for the year (that is what I looked to do as of about April) but thanks to terrible biotech choices, rotten timing, and maybe even some bad luck, I'm probably going to come in around a total return of 3%--well below inflation and far below what depreciation of the US dollar suggests. Just a lousy rotten year. I saw in the paper yesterday even Etrade was looking unsteady. I had to root around to be sure I had written confirmation that I have FDIC insured deposits. This is just amazing--that I would have to consider the risk of a potential run on a bank. And as poorly as my little biotech has done, it has only matched the lousy performance of, say, Washington Mutual. finance.yahoo.com (both down 50% in six months). I'll console myself with the fact that there are 101 ways to lose money, and being a dumbass is just one of them.