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Who remembers that young kid in the USA who speculated on dot com stocks and became a millionaire? I recall the SEC put an end to his shennigans. They took around a quarter of his winnings, but he kept the rest. I wonder what he is doing now. Back then he was 15, these days he would be around 30.

It takes courage to be a contrarian. Those who were brave/nuts enough to get in early probably did very well. 23 year old Steve Outtrim from Sausage Software comes to mind. Evan Thornley was another. I am sure there are also many canny bit players who also did OK. The period 1997 - 2001...

John Maynard Keynes wrote of "animal spirits" and how every economy needs speculators and risk takers in order to function. What were you doing during the dot com boom. Did you win, lose, go bust? An interesting but old article about the Dog Com boom and bust here...