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hans and Tom...
I wonder what the odds are that she will call both of you?
hans esser wrote:
>
> > 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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