《股票作手回忆录·第九章·1907大恐慌·做空封神》第24节
I made up my mind that since it was unwise and unpleasant to continue actively bearish it was illogical for me to stay short. So I turned and began to buy. It wasn’t long after my brokers began to buy in for me--and, by the way, I got bottom prices--that the banker sent for my friend. “I have sent for you,” he said, “because I want you to go instantly to your friend Livingston and say to him that we hope he will not sell any more stocks to-day. The market can’t stand much more pressure. As it is, it will be an immensely difficult task to avert a devastating panic. Appeal to your friend’s patriotism. This is a case where a man has to work for the benefit of all. Let me know at once what he says.” My friend came right over and told me. He was very tactful. I suppose he thought that having planned to smash the market I would consider his request as equivalent to throwing away the chance to make about ten million dollars. He knew I was sore on some of the big guns for the way they had acted trying to land the public with a lot of stock when they knew as well as I did what was coming.
注释摘要
这一段的震撼之处，在于它记录了一个坚定不移的做空者在市场最恐惧、人心最涣散的时刻，主动做出的战略转向。这不是惊慌失措的倒戈，而是一个深思熟虑的投机者，在极短时间内基于对事态演变的预判，完成的一次华丽转身——而随后他那“恰巧”与华尔街救市请求不谋而合的行动，更为这段往事染上了一层传奇色彩。我们无法确切知晓这段故事里文学加工的精确边界，但可以确定的是，它所传递…