My son has captured a huge spider in our bathroom and has adopted it as a pet (naming it
Shelob). Although this behaviour is more than a little questionable, it did get me thinking...
Spiders have provided us with inspiration for thousands of years: there is something about their painstaking work building (and rebuilding) a web and their seeming unlimited patience waiting for a victim to get caught up in it. (
Robert the Bruce is the most famous example). They
lurk, unseen most of the time - that is until they are caught in the open, unexpectedly.
So, can spiders teach us anything about investing?