XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:18:20 -0500, William Hyde   
    wrote:   
      
      
      
   >One of the first books I read on investing was called "Wiped Out", by a    
   >man who in two or three years turned a 60k inheritance into about three    
   >hundred dollars, in the boom market of the early 60s. He did this with    
   >professional help.   
   >   
   >Then there was the experience of Isaac Asimov, who turned over 10k,    
   >again in the early 60s, to two "financial advisors", who soon turned it    
   >into $6500.   
      
   Hey, /someone/ has to pay for their silk suits, luxury cars, ornate   
   offices and homes, and other perqs.   
      
   After all, it's all that visible wealth that convinces people they   
   know what they are doing. Which they do. Just not necessarily about   
   the Market.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)