I love page 18:
Return for the ASICMINER stock IPO is 42,500% over eight months. That page is printed and taped to the fridge.
Alas, I bought zero shares. Regardless, some Bitcoin investments have truly record-setting performance. We should be taping that page not just to our fridges but on the front door of the LSE and the NYSE. Anyone know any other equities available for public unrestricted purchase, in all of human history, outside of hyperinflationary environments, with that kind of return in such a short timespan? I doubt even tulips, or dot-coms in their heyday, had growth numbers in the many thousand percent in under 12 months. For comparison, Pirate was "only" offering 3300% per year and that was widely perceived as logically impossible under any legitimate business scenario.