Post by Erstwhile on Mar 27, 2024 14:43:53 GMT -6
... headlined on the news today. It was sometime in the earlier 2000's when I was personally dabbling in the stock market that a business news story hit the financial headlines. I was using Yahoo at the time. Bayer had developed a new product and was early testing it in France. To Bayer's total surprise. it found that many more women were acquiring it to test than men. Huuummm, I looked it up and decided to purchase a few shares. Bayer being a big old company, I figured I could make a few bucks. I did not know what the product was until sometime later. Well, my strategy back then was to put a toe in the water and then step out after a while. I turned some fair money doing that over time. SHE watched me like a hawk. After my allotted time leash, SHE made me sell out at a good profit. Taxes hit me nastily later. I discovered sometime later the product was Viagra. 
