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Suddenly a blue light appears on the screen, indicating that a marketmaker has moved his bid price from 52 1/2 to 52 3/4; other firms soon follow. With Houtkin's prodding, I scream for an All-Tech order clerk to buy me 10 shares (I'm a low roller). Within seconds I've acquired the stock for 52 3/4 a share...
...goddess Venus notes: "I think if Michelangelo were straight, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white with a roller...
Experts say the remedy for such roller-coaster rides is to invest for the long term rather than trade frequently in an effort to time market swings. "Stock market declines are normal," says Peter Lynch, who notes that the Fidelity Magellan Fund he managed fell nine times during his 13-year tenure. "Stocks have still averaged an 11% return through depressions and world wars," Lynch adds. "But if you're unable to stand volatility, you should not be in. If you spend more than 14 minutes a year worrying about the market, you've wasted 12 minutes...
...work is an exemplary condensation. Beginning with those initial Surrealist images, it picks up on the early sculptures that clearly indicate the bent of his talent, such as Amusement Park, 1938, a small work that both remembers Picasso's iron woman figures and conflates their shapes with roller coaster and Ferris wheel...
Typifying the roller-coaster that many of the Crimson rode today was Wylie's round. After an ugly snowman (the dreaded 8) on the short par-five fourth, he righted himself, playing the next 11 holes in only one-over...