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The exchange rate is 1 bird in hand = 2 birds in bush

so you think, 2 birds in hand = 4 in bush.
So you pick up a second bird and the value of your portfolio increases...

but then, as you attempt to balance 32 birds on your shoulders, you realize the exchange rate has reversed

and you would rather watch a flock of 16 in the bush than be covered in birds