《股票作手回忆录·第九章·1907大恐慌·做空封神》第20节
Then, before half past two in the afternoon, J. P. Morgan sent John T. Atterbury, of Van Emburgh & Atterbury, who was known to have close relations with J. P. Morgan & Co., into the money crowd. My friend said that the old broker walked quickly to the Money Post. He raised his hand like an exhorter at a revival meeting. The crowd, that at first had been calmed down somewhat by President Thomas’ announcement, was beginning to fear that the relief plans had miscarried and the worst was still to come. But when they looked at Mr. Atterbury’s face and saw him raise his hand they promptly petrified themselves. In the dead silence that followed, Mr. Atterbury said, “I am authorized to lend ten million dollars. Take it easy! There will be enough for everybody!” Then he began. Instead of giving to each borrower the name of the lender he simply jotted down the name of the borrower and the amount of the loan and told the borrower, “You will be told where your money is.” He meant the name of the bank from which the borrower would get the money later. I heard a day or two later that Mr. Morgan simply sent word to the frightened bankers of New York that they must provide the money the Stock Exchange needed.
注释摘要
这段文字描述的是1907年金融恐慌中最具戏剧性的一幕，它不只是一个历史场景的还原，更是一部关于恐惧、希望与权力的人性戏剧。 要理解这个场景，得先明白当时的“资金池”是怎么一回事。在1907年的纽约证券交易所，有一个特定区域叫“资金柱”，经纪人每天在这里互相拆借短期资金，用来维持他们替客户做的保证金交易。打个比方，这就像一个公开叫价的菜市场，只不过交易的不是…