Investors left licking their wounds after "black week"

zl.45 billion was wiped off market capitalization between February 26 and March 5 before rebounding somewhat in recent days. However, this did not stop Leszek Czarnecki losing just under zl.1 billion, nor did it help Michal Solowow and most other major players who also lost considerable sums. But there was one investor who actually gained on the collapse, and handsomely so. Roman Karkosik, the biggest private investor on the WSE (and runner up to Solowow in others) earned an extra zl.122 million. (Rzeczpospolita, p.B1) R.M.