Forum Archive Index - January 2004

[Marilyn Munroe <who.c@res.co.nz>]

I enclose an excerpt from a column by my favourite financial commentator, 
Peirpont in the Australian Financial Review.

http://www.pierpont.com.au

'Perhaps the last word should go to that fine but half-forgotten English author 
G.K. Chesterton, who believed that life is a trap for logicians, because it is 
almost reasonable but not quite. He wrote: ``It looks just a little more 
mathematical and regular than it is; its exactitude is obvious, but its 
inexactitude is hidden; its wildness lies in wait.''.'

He advises successful investors to ignore mathematical theories and read 
English literature.

Boop-boop-de-do Mariyn

PS. Macdunks thoughts on beating the odds gambling are expressed succinctly in 
literature as well.

'The more you gamble the more the arithmetic grinds you into dust.'
Mario Puzo 'Fools Die'



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