>>>update: BTW, does Joe Q start to count as a shareholder just because he's got a bit of a retirement somewhere in a fund and the fund starts playing the odds?
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>>Sure he does. He's actively financing the fund.
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>And making all those horrible decisions that created this mess? I expect Joe Q will be shot.

Bullet will hit last coin remaining in his pocket. So his life will be mirraculously saved, but his last coin... hmm... will be certainly gone! <vbg>