Well, Slow Runner, since you commented on the misspelling and lamented the low educational standards of the populace, I will point out to you that  the world is probably passing us by, not "up", "marginally educated" should be hyphenated and there's no apostrophe in "one's".  I could go on but will spare you.

"Wala"?  What the hell does "wala" mean?

I couldn't have said it as well, Fred ! That was a very good analysis of capitalism, U.S. style, in general.

However one wishes to diversify within the group, the thesis is more likely to be reliably profitable long term than any other of which I know: The compounding reinvestment of regularly-paid dividends can lead to very large financial gains.

....But I am hitting new highs.

"Win", "lose" ?    It's one Country and we're all in this TOGETHER.  It's not a sports contest.

Nonsense!

And what was the Blue Book on the car in that condition?

The changes in transmission technology just re-emphasize the fact that the internal combustion engine is  an intrinsically highly flawed way of powering a motorcar. Hopefully battery technology improvements will eventually make the direct-drive electric motor practical propulsion for passenger cars .