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> Hans -
>
> Good God - Never thought of it that way.
>
> Well, in reality I guess that she could actually be broke.... IF she
> made 100% the first year, then lost 99% the next year, then made 200% (on
> her remaining money) the following year, then lost 99% the next...and so
> on....in fact, she could be way in the hole and still say she averaged
> 100% a year ...<g> Depends on how it is accounted, and I'll bet it
> was done "creatively".
>
> Tom Cathey
NA TOM - youre toooo sceptic ! (tooo often dealing with OR? <g>)
also she stated ""HER WORST YEAR TO BE +40%"" - that phrase was added
for the higher math talented persons like you :-))
BTW: she continued: "The best year ? ........
Well, you probablby WOULDNT BELIEVE it !"
WELL - that finally is REALLY TRUE !
rgds hans
wahhh.bmi.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: hans esser <he96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, March 26, 1999 8:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Do You Remember?
>
>
> > On other vendor ads:
> >
> > I would love to talk to some of the poor bastards whose pictures are
> > shown smiling in various vendor ads over and over stating how much money
> > they've made since just buying and using this new disco duck system for
> > the last month....It must really piss 'em off when they see their
> > picture every month ....now that they're back at their old day job
> > again <g>....
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Tom Cathey
>
> Wahhhhhhhh - love it......here is my FAVOURATE: FUTURES Feb 99 issue, BMI
> ad between page 18+19:
>
> "young" lady named PATTY FELKER stating: ""In the last 14 years of trading
> my sytem averaged a 100% return....blablabla...more b.s. snipped""
>
> Assuming she only started with $5000 (not a lot in FUTURES trading) -
> after 14 years of doubling this goes like:
>
> 0 $5,000
> 1 $10,000
> 2 $20,000
> 3 $40,000
> 4 $80,000
> 5 $160,000
> 6 $320,000
> 7 $640,000
> 8 $1,280,000
> 9 $2,560,000
> 10 $5,120,000
> 11 $10,240,000
> 12 $20,480,000
> 13 $40,960,000
> 14 $81,920,000
>
> $$$ +81 million - even ignoring the nice accrued interest over that
> time.........
>
> Is she married ? <g>
>
>
> rgds hans
>
>
>
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