Say, gunslinger, let us see your paper when you get it written. It sounds interesting.
Yes, QCOM! Ha ha. I was never in it, but the rest of my gym seemed to be. There would be people on the treadmills every day watching CNBC and chanting "Go, Qualcomm, go!"
You didn't even have to get real crazy to do well. I quit my job and paid all my living expenses for 2 1/2 yrs. and also paid for graduate school at a pricey school off my MSFT, INTC and ORCL.
Wish I could do it again, too (though I was mostly a bystander, hiding out in my little value funds, KO, MMM, and other boring stocks). I wouldn't be surprised if we have another go at it in my lifetime, given what appears to be a secular or permanent increase in volatility and all the crooks in Washington juicing everything for their cronies and their own pocketbooks.