"Twitter or asparagus?" asked the chairman of the improbably-sized investment company Prandeamus Asset Management when I dropped by his office this week. "I wasn't aware that was an 'either-or' choice," I replied.
"Can't you have both?" "Don't be ridiculous," snorted the chairman. "Why would I shell out good money for a Twitter monitoring service, if the asparagus turns out to be right? You're not making any sense." "I'm not making sense?" I replied. "Maybe you could give me some context?" "Listen," sighed the chairman rolling his eyes. "Donald Trump is quite the tweeter, yes?" "So I understand," I nodded. "Right," said the chairman. "And he's also cavalier and unpredictable, isn't he? So, the way I see it, it is entirely plausible he will tweet stuff that moves markets. "He might, for example,...
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