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If the speculators are able to make money off the geeks, who are the real geeks then?

The finance geeks made money off the technology geeks?

Alpha males win again. Keep trying, beta males.

http://www.google.com/finance?q=goog

Flawless victory.

That's a very literal alpha:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_%28investment%29

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