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"Nice bonsai tree," remarked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet when I met him for a couple of Schroder Ices at The Dampier & Mullet the other night. "Kind of you to say so," I replied. "I was given it just now when I left Fidelity's annual press party." "Interesting choice of gift," said the chairman. "So, will you be choosing to read anything metaphorical into an investment company handing out tiny trees that never stand any chance of growing into big trees?" "It did cross my mind," I said. "But, frankly, I'm more concerned with the little s...
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