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What Aesop can teach us about investing; Don't be a pig and take risky bets in the hopes of earning higher returns; diversification helps.(Investment Strategies)

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From: Investment News
Date: 20071119
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Byline: Gary E. Stroik

A dog with a large piece of meat in its mouth was hurrying home to eat it when he came to a narrow bridge over a deep and swiftly moving stream. As he crossed the bridge, he noticed his reflection, which he thought was another dog with an even larger piece of meat. He quickly lunged at the other dog to try to steal the larger piece of meat. In the process, he dropped the meat he had been carrying, which was quickly lost in the current, and he went home hungry.

The moral of the story is:

a) Dogs are stupid.

b) Greed can lead to foolish ...

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