With all this financial meltdown going on, saw a nice ad in the newspaper. Sometimes a picture says a thousand unsaid words.
The caption reads: "When did Wall Street and Las Vegas merge?". To be honest, to me, they always were the two faces of the same coin. You risked what you could and come out a winner (rarely), or get burnt (and learn your lesson) or lose your shirt. Of course the odds of losing might be different (in Vegas they say the house always wins) but then isn't it something you always knew? As the French say, C'est la vie.
Gordon Gekko's thumping statement "Greed is good" in the movie 'Wall Street' no longer feels like sweet music to my ears. And as the greedy guys like me get cautious, Mr. Warren Buffett goes shopping. Just like he said, “Be fearful when others are greedy. when others are fearful be greedy.” For me, its a lesson well learnt. Greed's definitely not good.
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