Remember how in 1990 everyone figured Japan would take over the world? Yeah, well, not so much.

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Remember how in 1990 everyone figured Japan would take over the world? Yeah, well, not so much.

When I first started trading in 1987, options brokerages were literally four or five person companies, and it was a very thin market. I remember my first broken was called Benjamin & Gerrald, and when you called to place a trade, you’d get – – well – – Benjamin or Gerrald. Anyway, times have changed:
