Zbigniew Piekarski anticipates two lean years on the stock markets before a recovery in 2005

"It is not natural for us to learn from history. Children will cease to touch a burning stove only when they are themselves burned; no possible warning by others can lead to developing the smallest form of cautiousness."
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb in "Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life"