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Wednesday, November 25, 2009: Off to Portland, Oregon to visit my son Michael and his fiance, Anne. Plane trip reminds me of the old Polish joke. What does a Polish bride get on her wedding night that's long and hard? Answer: A new last name.

I started to list all the things we learned about investing in 2009, with the goal to find a bunch of things to be grateful for. The list got pretty short pretty fast. It was headlined by the fact that few money managers recognized the March bottom. Most were stuck like deer in headlights.

More -- much more -- tomorrow.

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