I just sold off my Hasbro stock, for $18.52 per share. I bought it in 1999, at prices varying from $18 to $27. It was heading up! I decide to buy it based on the apparent strength of the Pokemon toys Hasbro was then preparing to sell. I figured shoot, even if the economy goes in the tank, people always buy toys, and this Pokemon stuff is hot. Pokemon my ass. It was heading up, like when you’re at the top of the roller coaster, and you get that feeling of impending gravity sucking your stomach up into your sinuses. Anyway, I gave it the full five years — mostly out of benighted indifference — and I don’t feel like playing with toys anymore. Bleh.