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Plug All of Your Leaks Or You Will Die

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"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. "
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Thanks, that was quite an enjoyable read.  I'm not familiar with this blogger, but what a frantic, urgent writing style!

Browne's "How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World" touches on some of these same points about "leaks", referring to them as "traps".
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Altucher's work has been a little uneven lately (his dow 20,000 call by the end of next year being one example), but that was a great piece.

Thanks for posting.
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MediumTex wrote: Altucher's work has been a little uneven lately (his dow 20,000 call by the end of next year being one example), but that was a great piece.
So a >60% appreciation in the stock market in less than a year and a half?  What would justify a prediction like that?  :o  I'll have to google that piece.
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Lone Wolf wrote:
MediumTex wrote: Altucher's work has been a little uneven lately (his dow 20,000 call by the end of next year being one example), but that was a great piece.
So a >60% appreciation in the stock market in less than a year and a half?  What would justify a prediction like that?   :o  I'll have to google that piece.
It was an appearance on CNBC.

Altucher is also a frequent guest on Yahoo's Tech Ticker.  His beaver pelt hairdo is instantly recognizable.
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He feels that large caps are drastically undervalued and that the effects of QE2 are about to kick in.
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I think he's probably a borderline personality -- but highly intelligent and entertaining, nonetheless.
"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is. "
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