Re: shuttle disaster
On Fri, 2003-02-07 at 22:16, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:46:12PM -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
> > Where the hell do you think the money came from? If an investor can't
> > expect a return, why should he put himself at risk?
>
> It's basically gambling picking a stock that'll last long enough and
> perform well enough to create dividends. Furthermore, the payoff
> frequently is drastically disproportionately high relative to the
> individual effort put in to creating that wealth: I see it basically
> as tricking some stupid asshole into giving you a $20 for a $5.
> That's not working, that's being a crook.
Paul & I definitely agree here.
IMO, the only *real* investors are the original stock purchasers.
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