I was visiting Winds of Change and saw a link to an incredible article on Yahoo News about a stockbroker who has outdone Hillary Clinton.

Sources at the Security and Exchange Commission confirm that 44-year-old Andrew Carlssin offered the bizarre explanation for his uncanny success in the stock market after being led off in handcuffs on January 28.

"We don't believe this guy's story -- he's either a lunatic or a pathological liar," says an SEC insider. "But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks' time he had a portfolio valued at over $350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which simply can't be pure luck.

This was the most amusing and entertaining news clipping I had seen all year. But I didn't believe it for a minute. After all, even if a hypothetical time traveler did need cash for some reason, why not buy a lottery ticket? Much, much easier and it wouldn't arouse any undue attention from the authorities. So, I did a little research and found out the entire thing was an urban legend. But it was a lot of fun playing with the possibilities...

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