[LomanBill]

[The bottomline: If you want to deal with honest people, then select an environment where large amounts of money are not at stake.]

 

Not so long ago, I knew a retired police officer that ran security for a local Casino before his health made him retire from that as well.

 

I think it's fair to say there were large amounts of money involved; and, despite his flaws, including the inability to end the tobacco addiction that killed him, I've never met a man more worthy of my trust.   His friends and co-workers, who I was privilidged to grow up around, were much the same.

 

 

 

Do you work with large amounts of money?  Are you not to be trusted?  Is that what you were trying to say?

[durasell]

what I am saying is very simple: Trust your mother, but cut the cards anyway.

As far as brokers go, they’re salesmen. They have neither the background nor resources to know what’s going on in the market.

Right now there are a ton of people making money in the market, but not the little guy.

[durasell]

You might be interested in Taleb’s interview on charlie rose. You can download at the charlie rose website. Taleb is the guy who wrote The Black Swan and one of a handful of hedge funders who is actually making money. The thing runs about 20 minutes