WORDS TO THE WISE, WHO IF THEY ARE, DON'T NEED THEM

In its latest white paper The Institute for Absurd Research traces the roots of open market trading to a small settlement near Qal'at Jarmo located in Ssouthern Iraq on the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.

Glyphs translated recently found in a large cave at the site read:

"When sheep's blood fills cave, now is time to buy camels".

In other words, if you want to get rich, buy when panic is coin of the realm, a strategy counter-intuitive to the poor and the frightened, but one grasped and employed by some people since dust was a rock.  If you missed the opportunity at the beginning of this year, don't worry.  You will have another chance.