《股票作手回忆录·第六章·旧金山地震·做空联合太平洋》第3节
The market, we found, was strong and active. My friend, who was quite bullish, was carrying a moderate line purchased several points lower. He began to tell me what an obviously wise thing it was to hold stocks for much higher prices. I wasn’t paying enough attention to him to take the trouble to agree with him. I was looking over the quotation board, noting the changes--they were mostly advances--until I came to Union Pacific. I got a feeling that I ought to sell it. I can’t tell you more. I just felt like selling it. I asked myself why I should feel like that, and I couldn’t find any reason whatever for going short of UP. I stared at the last price on the board until I couldn’t see any figures or any board or anything else, for that matter. All I knew was that I wanted to sell Union Pacific and I couldn’t find out why I wanted to. I must have looked queer, for my friend, who was standing alongside of me, suddenly nudged me and asked, “Hey, what’s the matter?” “I don’t know,” I answered. “Going to sleep?” he said. “No,” I said. “I am not going to sleep. What I am going to do is to sell that stock.” I had always made money following my hunches.
注释摘要
这段文字把我们带回到1906年春天的大西洋城，这座城市在当时不仅是海滨度假胜地，更有一个有趣的金融现象：纽约的经纪商在这里设有分行。木板道上,Harding兄弟公司开设的分支机构，让度假的客户可以像在华尔街一样随时查看行情、下达买卖指令。这里提到的“行情布告板”是一个大黑板或木板，上面由职员不停地用粉笔更新着从纽约传来的最新报价。这种人工更新价格的方式，让…