One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swine fever in China

Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by dahfizz on Thursday January 02, 2020 @03:54PM (#21939706)

In another comment, OP says he was betting on this 18 months ago. They key is to detect big events like this before they become undeniable common knowledge.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by Havoc on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:06PM (#21939822)

>They key is to detect big events like this before they become undeniable common knowledge.

Indeed. It's quite hit miss though.e.g. I called the supermicro stuff right. Made money. Tried same on amd spectre and got burned.

Each time relying on hn being ahead of the knowledge curve

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by majos on Friday January 03, 2020 @08:31AM (#21945645)

> key is to detect big events like this before they become undeniable common knowledge

But it’s not even enough to know before it’s common knowledge, don’t you have to know before investors with big pockets know (and buy, and drive up the price)? That’s a taller order since those investors have people whose job it is to know this stuff well before it becomes common knowledge.

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Re:One-quarter of the world’s pigs died in a year due to swi... by xwowsersx on Thursday January 02, 2020 @03:57PM (#21939732)

Exactly

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