Michael Lewis's article on Bloomberg this morning...

Funniest thing I've read all year and it's not close. I sincerely hope most of you took the 15 minutes to give it a read. He's in a different league.

EDIT w/link: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-06-15/a-bazillionaire-s-guid…

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"When you have terminal cancer you probably aren’t in these markets, and so you don’t have to face the harsh reality that your net worth is on the line every day.”

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How do you not love this guy just for the humor and insight he has about dumb trends and things people do without every realizing their uselessness or never self-evaluating. Thanks for the article link.

 
AndyLouis

because he wrote money ball

Which has nothing to do with finance. Has the guy even worked in finance?
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