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that were not well read by the people/management. There are many
           other examples in the history proving that extreme events do not occur
           in isolation without warning signals. The warning signals may come from
           many sources, in today's world global warming is impacting the weather
           conditions world round is a signal of the possible debacle that may be
           sitting in store should not be taken as extreme events, if occur.

           The information available in the world at a point of time, if analyzed
           properly, may give an indication of the tomorrow's debacle. The Efficient
           market hypothesis developed in the 1960s in financial economics states
           that asset prices fully reflect all available information. A direct implication
           is that it is impossible to "beat the market" consistently on a risk-adjusted
           basis since market prices should only react to new information.


           Similar to the stock price, all data available in the world till today carry
           all the information about the possible tomorrow's debacle. Such
           information is in the advanced stage of development may be observed
           in the five fundamental building blocks of our existence. These five
           building blocks are Earth (Birth), Air (Life), Water (Growth), Space
           (Purpose) and Fire (Death).


           These five building blocks of existence are the key and information about
           these may act as a key indicator of any untoward incidence that may
           happen tomorrow. The "Earth" is related to agriculture, useful and
           precious mineral deposits, petroleum output, etc. It is also related to its
           water deposits essential for life, it's also related to destruction through
           the earthquake and volcanic eruption etc.


           The second components, "Air" is related to life for breathing as a key
           component for survival for human and plants for photosynthesis; extreme
           pollution is linked to the destruction of mankind, the extreme wind is
           related to destruction through tornado type events.


           The third component is "Water", again one of the key survival

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