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Does Mansfield sold his stocks because he knows something that we don't know about? Of course, he does!

Yeah he's planning on buying a few houses, cars, boats, etc. The guy wants money in the bank and not in stock. Who cares.
 
So it's true after all: the world will end in 2012. The rich and famous are buying their tickets for the bail out to space or the oceans.
 
Not just the so-called 1%, but anyone with appreciable capital gains. Many of the options that Mansfield routinely exercises and then sells are at very attractive prices. I am a long way from the 1% but I have sold off quite a bit of stock in the last few weeks in preparation of a tax increase. All the folks who only think it is the "rich" who are going be soaked in the coming tax rise are in for a very big surprise.
 
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