Have the Rules Changed?


	Have the Rules Changed?

muckdog

2-27-2009 11:28 PM

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muckdog says:

No, the rules haven't changed. I think greed is extreme at the tops, and pessimism is extreme near the bottoms. There always seems to be a consensus that the rules have changed or that this time it's different at those extremes. Rarely if ever is that the case, though.

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