See also the Countdown to $100 oil series. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
One day, a head of a competitor's company invited a colleague from the formerly best firm to a business lunch, and after fourth martini asked him: "Tell me, what has happened to you?"
He got the following answer: "You know, we used to have this partner. He was consistently wrong about everything. We came to rely on his judgement. But recently he has retired".
People say it's a true story.