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Old 12-12-2008, 02:57 PM   #1
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Default The Stock Picker's Defeat

"William H. Miller spent nearly two decades building his reputation as the era's greatest mutual-fund manager. Then, over the past year, he destroyed it."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122886123425292617.html
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"William H. Miller spent nearly two decades building his reputation as the era's greatest mutual-fund manager. Then, over the past year, he destroyed it."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122886123425292617.html
Chilling, down 70+%, $12 billion in losses. It goes to show you that no system works forever, and when it stops working you better have a new plan. I can only imagine the number of newbies this last year has wiped out.
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"William H. Miller spent nearly two decades building his reputation as the era's greatest mutual-fund manager. Then, over the past year, he destroyed it."

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Yep, forwarded this same article to my friends and family when it was frontpage on wsj.com with the caption "if this guy can get wiped out none of us are safe."

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