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Old 04-21-2010, 06:44 PM   #1
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Here is an interesting chart I hadn't seen before

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Old 04-21-2010, 08:49 PM   #2
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Hmmm. I would have thought October was the big ugly month and not September.
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Interesting. I thought I was supposed to "sell in May and go away"?
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Interesting. I thought I was supposed to "sell in May and go away"?
So the Wall Street guys could buy up your sales and have a nice summer! They are probably the ones who started the phrase

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Here is an interesting chart I hadn't seen before
The human brain never stops looking for patterns, even if it has to smash together 80 years of data to find a "pattern"...

So if I follow this pattern for the next 80 years, I'll make just as much profit?
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The human brain never stops looking for patterns, even if it has to smash together 80 years of data to find a "pattern"...

So if I follow this pattern for the next 80 years, I'll make just as much profit?
"Your Money and Your Brain" is a great book that explores how your mind works when it comes to making decisions about money. There's a great section that focuses specifically on patterns.

Sorry about the hijack.....
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