She can't tell a Tweedle-dum from a Tweedle-dee.

But now people are always on their toes to spot the next trend early, particularly if it means they can make a fast buck — the tech-stock boom, a hot housing market, poker (online gambling was a particularly easy transition for all those former daytraders), and hedge funds for people wealthy enough to gain access.

So Death shall be deceav'd his glut, and with us two / Be forc'd to satisfie his Rav'nous Maw.

After a firm opening and an hour of fairly well sustained strength the stock market once more suffered a wide break yesterday following the receipt of the news of the overthrow of Kerensky and the announced intention of the Maximalists to propose an immediate peace with Germany.