There are people in the world who can walk on both sides of the street simultaneously and you have to admire them.

Berkshire Hathaway just marked down their long-term derivatives positions by $1.4 billions while Warren Buffett talks about weapons of mass destruction.

George Soros is also pretty cool: a master speculator with one hand and writing about the inappropriate kinds of speculation with the other. Not necessarily inconsistent, I’m willing to admit, but nevertheless a feat.