Apparently if you are reading this page you are seriously considering getting your investment advice from someone with a degree in medicine and not finance or economics. I am one of these individuals whom is always trying to come up with an angle; I also consider myself a "problem solver" and in most cases can up with a solution.
Rule#2- the only thing in life that is rocket science, is rocket science. In other words I believe any individual can teach himself or herself pretty much anything if they are willing to put in the effort. The only difference between two people is the amount of time they have to put in.
Every kid growing up in New Jersey spent a good portion of his summers "down the shore". The Jersey shore is truly one of the great treasures New Jersey has to offer.
The boardwalk and its arcades has always been one of the great attractions the shore has to offer. Many of you are familiar with the large spinning wheel, where you place your bet on a "number", the wheel is spun and if it stops on your number, you win. To win one of those huge stuffed animals the spinning pointer has to land right in the center of the number. If it lands anywhere else on your number you end up with a crummy consolation prize of some sort. This is how the system worked when I was playing.
As you can imagine, the odds of winning one of those huge stuffed animals is very small. Not for me! I put the laws of physics to work. Here is what I did.
- 1. You must be at a wheel that spins by electricity. The guy behind the counter presses a button and the wheel starts to spin. If it is a hand spun wheel my method will not work.
- 2. I would have to be in charge of the wheel in terms of stopping the spin. Next to each number that you could bet on was a black button that when pressed would shut off the power and then of course the spinning needle would start to slow down until it eventually stopped. For this reason I would play the wheel, mid afternoon, when most people were on the beach and I could control the stop button.
- 3. I would place my bet, the guy behind the counter would start the electric spinning wheel, I would allow it to gain its maximum speed (so I could always keep a constant speed, even though variations in the current running thru the wheel probably varied the speed somewhat). When the needle was at its maximun speed I would hit my stop button exactly when the needle passed the "twelve o'clock" position on the wheel. In theory, and in actual practice, the needle should slow down and basically stop in the same area each time (MAXIMUM NEEDLE SPEED+STOPPING THE NEEDLE IN THE SAME POSITION=SAME ENDING POINT). Simple physics!
- 4. After the first spin wherever the needle stopped, that would be the number I would bet for each subsequent spin. Typically what would happen before I won the big prize is that my number would hit, but not in the exact center of the number and I would win the crummy consolation prize. Instead of taking the consolation prize I would ask and usually was granted a free spin.
Typically, it would end up costing me less than five dollars to win one of those huge stuffed animals and I won every time.
There you have it. Even if you do not end up purchasing my system* you will be the envy of everyone at the beach or carnival as you walk around carrying that huge stuffed animal.
