There ain’t half been some clever bastards:

Over the past 25 years, I have met many clever bastards. And I have met many more stupid ones. In particular, I have met a lot of stupid people who think they are clever, and that’s even scarier.

For some reason, I haven’t been able to get this song by the late, great Ian Dury out of my head. Anyone who can come up with lyrics like these is a genius in my book:

  Einstein can’t be classed as witless
  He claimed atoms were the littlest
  When you did a bit of splitiness
  Frightened everybody shitless


But for financial markets, I fear Dury may have got it wrong. Over the past 25 years, I have met many clever bastards.

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