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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by icelancer on Friday September 21, 2012 @04:33PM (#4555607)
>If for the only reason that, if it were a sucker's bet, then most people wouldn't take it.

The market can remain irrational for longer you can remain solvent.

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Re:What Business is Wall Street In? by marcamillion on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @03:14PM (#4572126)
> The market can remain irrational for longer you can remain solvent.

Yes, but can it remain solvent for as long as everybody can remain solvent? i.e. everyone that makes these "sucker" bets? No. Liquidity will dry up, because there is a big chunk of the market that takes these bets.

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