he stood for a minute talking to them about their job of gathering cones, and telling them a story about a tree he'd once climbed which had a wasp's byke in it unbeknown to him.

He calls the diminished price swings this year, combined with heavy borrowing and ultraloose monetary policy, “a recipe for disaster.”

As I edge up towards the vehicle in front, I can see it quite clearly - the red, bewinged nose cone of a Formula One car reflected in the rear end of the car I am following.

In other words, it is critical to know whether a currency is under high speculative pressure for every month in the sample.