Discussion and Closing Remarks

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Discussion and Closing Remarks

• Lee Gillam
• University of Surrey

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Tactical diversification

• Funeral services do not fit into standard
  industry classifications not leisure or a
  consumer durable and yet its one thing we all
  have in common
• Unattractive industries profitable, who knows
  chemical toilet manufacturers?
• Mutuals.com has launched a "socially
  irresponsible" fund, vicefund.com which targets
  alcohol, gambling, tobacco and defence stocks.
  The fund plans to invest in fims such as Philip
  Morris, the company behind Marlboro cigarettes,
  and Harrah's Entertainment, the Las Vegas casino
  operator.

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Comments
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Comments

• William Miller, once Fed chairman, said that 23
  of US population thought Federal Reserve was an
  Indian reservation, 26 a wildlife preserve and
  51 a brand of whisky
• A man owns a 1M dog. When asked how he knows it
  was worth that, he replies that it was because he
  traded it for two 500,000 cats

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Comments

• October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months
  to speculate in stocks. The others are July,
  January, September, April, November, May, March,
  June, December, August and February (Mark Twain)

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Sources of Information

• One up on Wall Street Peter Lynch
• Beating the Street Peter Lynch
• Everyones guide to online stock investing
  Alexander Davidson
• Yahoo Finance

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Thanks

• Laurent Romary and local committee
• Workshop proceedings
• Presenters
• Attendees
• EU
• LSP2003 organisers?

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