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Old 22nd Jul 2011, 20:30
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Chugalug2
 
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At the end of the 1960's (you there boy, stop sniggering!) the Boss invited some chap along to discuss "The Dover Plan" from Investors Overseas Services (owned by Bernie Cornfeld):-
Bernard Cornfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All the graphs went to the top RH corner, constrained only by the poster paper on which it was printed. It was a wonderful sure-fire get-rich scheme that couldn't fail. I should have gone for it, but personal fiscal restraints combined with all too typical lethargy militated against it and the apply by date came and went. Surprisingly the fund performance did not quite match expectations, indeed it more closely matched that of a Ju87 hitting its target along with its bomb. Surprising, because Bernie personally invested much of the money himself from his mansion near Geneva, mostly on wine women and song.
In that respect the plan was somewhat redundant, as most of us did the same thing anyway, and didn't need a middleman's help!
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