geekman

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   by geekman 16y ago

   > Learn the lesson of what happened to BP after they bottomed out. By buying the panic, in effect you are selling out "of the money put options" to the rest of the market. In effect you are selling insurance policies saying things are n
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   by geekman 16y ago

   > know that it will recover, whether it's over 1 year, 2 years, or longer Let's put this in perspective. The Nikkei is down 80% over the past 21 years. At an optimistic rate of increase of 6% from now, it will be another 25+ years bef
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   by geekman 16y ago

   Or may need the cash to rebuild their house, or to keep their business or their household afloat until the economy starts moving again.
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   by geekman 16y ago

   Increasingly so. At my local university (University of Melbourne) some of the libraries are closed to the public eg the Melbourne Business School Library and the Physics library. In practice you can usually sneak into the physics library, b
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   by geekman 16y ago

   I don't have an issue with the conclusions about making babies smart. However it's different with maternal depression. If you read the original study, there was a 91% probability that the DHA reduced severe maternal depression. In the study
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   by geekman 16y ago

   To a certain extent this guy has a point. You are rich if you can afford a good lifestyle without having to work for a living. These people have a high income, but they also have high level of spending and they have nowhere near the assets