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Friendship - Christian The Lion (Part II - The Final Farewell)

Friendship - Christian The Lion

In 1969, two friends, Ace Berg and John Rendall, saw a lion cub for sale in Harrods Department store. Cramped and lonely in a small cage, they decided to bring it home. A local vicar allowed them to exercise the cub, now named Christian, in the church grounds.

When they brought Christian home he weighed  only 35 pound. A year later the little cub had grown and he weighed 185 pounds. The only thing they could do was to reintroduce him to Africa, which they managed to do. A year later they wanted to visit Christian but were told that he was the head of his own pride and as such was completely wild and would not remember them. Undauntedly, they went anyway

And the rest you will have to watch for yourself...

Correction Next Week — If Dow Breaks This Number: Strategist

The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, jumped on Friday. What does the rise mean for the markets going forward? Brent Wilsey, president of Wilsey Asset Management, and Alan Valdes, vice president of Kabrik Trading, shared their best investment ideas.

Dollar's Rise Could Lead to 5-10% Correction: Gartman

Reuters | 21 Jan 2010 | 06:48 AM ET

Given the fact that the dollar has become so strong — which not enough people are paying attention to — and the tendency for stock prices to fall as a result of the dollar's strength, investors must be very careful, Dennis Gartman, founder of The Gartman Letter, warned Thursday.

Gartman said he expects a market correction because all of the good new is already priced into stocks.