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SIX INVESTORS told The Straits Times recently said they would: (1) Advertise a website, (2) Buy index futures, (3) Buy growth stocks, (4) Go on the Silk Road, (5) Buy an apartment and (6) Switch to Reits respectively. Personally, I would drop everything, apply for an assistantship and pursue further studies in educational psychology in U.S.A.

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IN Dutton & Aron’s Two Bridges experiment (1974), male participants were asked to walk across the Capilano Canyon suspension bridge in Vancouver. Others were asked to walk over a low bridge. Although the men were told that they were being asked about creativity and scenery, they were actually being tested on their emotions. The woman interviewing them subtly dropped them her phone number in the middle of the questions. The same woman did the interviews on both the low and high bridges. The end results: Among those who walked on the high bridge, 60% used the number and called the woman back. Among those who walked on low bridge, 30% picked up the phone.

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