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THEATER Transsexuals, guys in diapers--and a President who sucks his thumb...
...It’s like anything else in life. You don’t want to be sticking out there like a sore thumb,” he explains...
...because they drive their cows so hard," Edwards explains. He fishes around his barn's medicine cabinet, pulling out vitamin pills and aspirins the size of a man's thumb. There's a "microbial supplement," to help digestion, and Uddermint, a cream made with peppermint oil for soothing sore teats. At his feet is a jug of aloe-vera juice, which he'll shoot down a cow's throat to help relieve stress. That morning he whipped up a brew of rice water, garlic, salt and beef bouillon to treat a calf with diarrhea. To go organic, he says...
...just right. His regular payments - which allow him to buy fewer shares when prices are high but more when they fall - mean he is effectively "euro-cost averaging," considered the most productive approach. Equities make up about 60% of his portfolio - suitable for his age. The rule of thumb: people in their 20s and 30s should have about 80% equities in their portfolio, 15% fixed-interest products (such as bonds) and 5% exposure to commodities or real-estate vehicles. By the time they hit their mid-50s, they should have rebalanced their portfolios to around 50% equities, 30% fixed-interest...
Nair’s two-acre home in Kampala, Uganda is dotted with trees she’s planted. She speaks excitedly about her green thumb, discussing her newly-sowed mango grove and the 61 trees she put in last summer...