The New Gatsbys: Fortunes and Misfortunes of Commodity Traders |
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... FAST ... FAST ... FAST ... FAST .. FAST ... FAST . The blatant alarm that all hell was breaking loose flashed across the tapes in brokerage houses throughout the country . In the pit you didn't have to read the tape ; you could feel the ...
... FAST ... FAST ... FAST ... FAST .. FAST ... FAST . The blatant alarm that all hell was breaking loose flashed across the tapes in brokerage houses throughout the country . In the pit you didn't have to read the tape ; you could feel the ...
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... Fast Freddy's finger . They called Fast Freddy the motor- mouth of the bond pit at the Board of Trade . To listen to him , you'd swear that he was a 33 record at 45 speed and that he proba- bly should have been trading with chipmunks ...
... Fast Freddy's finger . They called Fast Freddy the motor- mouth of the bond pit at the Board of Trade . To listen to him , you'd swear that he was a 33 record at 45 speed and that he proba- bly should have been trading with chipmunks ...
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... Fast Freddy did let the market get away . He was down nearly $ 40,000 . In his frustration he lashed out against an ... Fast Freddy's index finger . No blood was drawn , nor did Freddy need rabies shots . But it hurt like hell . Swollen ...
... Fast Freddy did let the market get away . He was down nearly $ 40,000 . In his frustration he lashed out against an ... Fast Freddy's index finger . No blood was drawn , nor did Freddy need rabies shots . But it hurt like hell . Swollen ...
Contents
10Prospecting for Players | 10 |
15Hyping the Future | 90 |
Part IIWhat Does It Take to Win? | 99 |
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