Ha Ha, experts
First the obvious one, that Roger Federer is unbeatable. Don't tell Marat Safin that. I don't dislike Federer; he's a bit boring, but he's inoffensive. I just get sick of people saying he's unbeatable, just like they did with Tiger Woods (who just won his first game in a hundred years).
In the mean time, go Lley-Lley. I like him for the same reason that everyone else hates him. He's passionate, he leaves nothing open to doubt and he has bad taste in women.
Next, the alleged experts in the financial industry. For reasons better left unsaid, this morning I had reason to glance through the Sun-Herald of January 16,apparently they'd been running some sort of stockbroking competition(Couldn't find a link for it.). I don't know how long the competition ran for, but there were eight contestants, who all finished within about eleven per cent of each other. There were five stockbrokers, an astrologer, a person I believe to be a fictional character and one portfolio was selected via the dartboard method so favoured by meteorologists. The astrologer came second, the dartboard fourth. So much for justifying the fleets of Mercs and Beemers.
In the meanwhile, these same media financial types who organised this competition will be at pains to tell you that the sharemarket is a long-term proposition.
Go figure.
In the mean time, go Lley-Lley. I like him for the same reason that everyone else hates him. He's passionate, he leaves nothing open to doubt and he has bad taste in women.
Next, the alleged experts in the financial industry. For reasons better left unsaid, this morning I had reason to glance through the Sun-Herald of January 16,apparently they'd been running some sort of stockbroking competition(Couldn't find a link for it.). I don't know how long the competition ran for, but there were eight contestants, who all finished within about eleven per cent of each other. There were five stockbrokers, an astrologer, a person I believe to be a fictional character and one portfolio was selected via the dartboard method so favoured by meteorologists. The astrologer came second, the dartboard fourth. So much for justifying the fleets of Mercs and Beemers.
In the meanwhile, these same media financial types who organised this competition will be at pains to tell you that the sharemarket is a long-term proposition.
Go figure.
posted by Dirk at 2:17 am
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I happened to fall over the Safrin/Federer game last night. It was FANTASTIC. And how long have I been away from watching tennis. If I'd known Safrin was about I'd be a hell of a lot more diligent in my viewing regime. I know it's sad, but MY GOD HE IS A SPUNK!!!
I have no faith in the stock market. I also have no factual justification for my fears, just a gut feeling that our memories are short and our reliance on the stability of something that historically has proven to be unstable seems a little naive. But what would I know.
i watched the first coupla, um, sets? points? i don't really get the tennis. but it was good to see the safin take him on and beat him.
hewitt's a funny bugger isn't he? i usually avoid tennis like the plague, but there's been so much of it on that it's unavoidable. the fans are a bit more civilised than at the cricket :-)
Oops. Might help if I called him by his correct name. Safin. Safin. Safin. Safin. Safin. Safin.
these same media financial types who organised this competition will be at pains to tell you that the sharemarket is a long-term proposition.That's so they can try and retain face with their neighbours. Those in the financial industry know that often the best way to pick a stock or fund that will do well in a short period is to look for one that did really poorly last year / period. Law of averages.
Meanwhile, Joe Public has the attention span of a gnat, so long stories on how markets work etc are usually left to the Fin Review, not the sunday funnies. We just put the "light" articles in there - randy pandas, cute kids, bad fraudsters, Miranda Devine, lost dogs, and amusing stories about how financial advisors are dumber than monkeys. Everyone gets a (scared) laugh out of that, since everyone's got super these days and hardly anyone cares how it really works. Schadenfreude - it's what's for sunday breakfast!
Hooch,
I feel better now about my appreciation of the athleticism of Sharapova, Supernova and all those other Russian girls (how much is a ticket to Moscow, anyway?)
Rat,
men's tennis doesn't usually interest me and probably won't until they grow breasts and shave their legs, but Hewitt is good to watch. It's like Gallipoli with rackets.
Stilt,
I thought Schadenfreude was a psychologist who grows well in dark corners.
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