《股票作手回忆录·第九章·1907大恐慌·做空封神》第25节
As a matter of fact, the big men were big sufferers and lots of the stocks I bought at the very bottom were in famous financial names. I didn’t know it at the time, but it did not matter. I had practically covered all my shorts and it seemed to me there was a chance to buy stocks cheap and help the needed recovery in prices at the same time--if nobody hammered the market. So I told my friend, “Go back and tell Mr. Blank that I agree with them and that I fully realised the gravity of the situation even before he sent for you. I not only will not sell any more stocks to-day, but I am going in and buy as much as I can carry.” And I kept my word. I bought one hundred thousand shares that day, for the long account. I did not sell another stock short for nine months. That is why I said to friends that my dream had come true and that I had been king for a moment. The stock market at one time that day certainly was at the mercy of anybody who wanted to hammer it. I do not suffer from delusions of grandeur; in fact you know how I feel about being accused of raiding the market and about the way my operations are exaggerated by the gossip of the Street.
注释摘要
利文斯顿在这里透露了一个极具讽刺意味的真相：那些他原本以为在操纵市场、坑害散户的"大人物"，其实同样是这场浩劫中的重伤员。记住，他是在1907年10月24日下午完成转向的，当时整个交易所已经陷入流动性枯竭的绝境，连联合太平洋铁路这样的蓝筹股都一度没有任何人出价。在这种极端情境下，任何被迫抛售股票来筹措保证金的人，不分散户还是大佬，都会被市场无差别地吞噬。那…