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Reaching for low-hanging fruit
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The Greek mythological character
Tantalus gave us the word
tantalise - and tantalised is how I'm feeling at the moment.
For a variety of lurid crimes (which differ according to the sources) Tantalus was punished by
temptation without satisfaction. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches. Whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches raised his intended meal from his grasp. Whenever he bent down to get a drink, the water receded before he could get any. Finally, over his head towered a threatening stone like the one that
Sisyphus (my own particular favourite) has as his own punishment to eternally roll up a hill.
I'm hoping that you are starting to see the parallels with investing...