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"text": "Shareholders took a bath when the company went bankrupt."
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"text": "1983 December, ‘Look before you leap into a commodity pool’, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, page 74,\nIn the high-risk world of futures contracts, pooling the risks could be just another way to take a bath."
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"ref": "2009, John Burley, Money Secrets of the Rich: Learn the 7 Secrets to Financial Freedom, page 163",
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