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股票大作手回憶錄原文第131段
原文(131):
Still,they didn’t mend their ways,and so I worked that trick on them several times.I did not dare punish them as severely as they deserved,seldom more than a point or two on a hundred shares.But it helped to swell my little hoard that I was saving for my next Wall Street venture.I sometimes varied the process by selling some stock short,without overdoing it.I was satisfied with my six or eight hundred clear for each crack.
One day the stunt worked so well that it went far beyond all calculations for a ten-point swing.I wasn’t looking for it.As a matter of fact it so happened that I had two hundred shares instead of my usual hundred at one broker’s,though only a hundred in the four other shops.That was too much of a good thing—for them.They were sore as pups about it and they began to say things over the wires.So I went and saw the manager,the same man who had been so anxious to get my account,and so forgiving every time I caught him trying to put something overon me.He talked pretty big for a man in his position.
其他版本譯文(131):
他們沒有亡羊補(bǔ)牢,所以我懲罰了他們好幾次,但其實(shí)這離他們應(yīng)得的懲罰還遠(yuǎn)呢,100股對(duì)于推動(dòng)股價(jià)顯得太少,很少能超過1個(gè)點(diǎn),不過我卻能為以后去華爾街做投資積攢一點(diǎn)兒錢。有時(shí)候我會(huì)改變一下,賣空一些股票,但是從來沒做得過于張揚(yáng)。我很滿意每次嘗試都凈賺600或800美元。
有一天,我怎么也沒料到,我的絕妙技巧居然拉動(dòng)了十幾個(gè)點(diǎn)的波動(dòng)。我不是有意做成這樣的,只是我恰好在一家經(jīng)紀(jì)商那里操作200股,而不是像平常一樣操作100股。不過,我在其他幾家還是做了100股,可對(duì)他們的教訓(xùn)已經(jīng)不小了。他們像受訓(xùn)狗一樣痛苦不堪,怨恨說股市被人操控了。所以我去找那個(gè)勸我開戶的經(jīng)理的時(shí)候,他氣憤地說:“有人在操縱股市,我不會(huì)給你付錢的。”他之前每次耍花招被我發(fā)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候,都假裝寬宏大量的樣子。以他的職位來說,他當(dāng)時(shí)說的話的確是大言不慚。
我的譯文(131):
他們還是屢教不改,同樣的套路,我在他們身上是屢試不爽。我沒敢像他們那樣大手筆的操縱市場,我買賣100股,很少能讓市場波動(dòng)超過一或兩個(gè)點(diǎn),但這對(duì)于我積攢本錢返回華爾街還是有幫助的。
有時(shí)我也會(huì)改變策略,轉(zhuǎn)而做空,但每次都是適可而止,每次突襲能凈掙個(gè)600到800美元,我就算是達(dá)成目標(biāo)了。
按通常做法,我在那五家經(jīng)紀(jì)商處的委托都是各100股,但有一天碰巧我在其中一家委托了200股。更巧的是,我那天操縱市場的效果,出乎意料的好,一下導(dǎo)致市場跳動(dòng)了十個(gè)點(diǎn)。
這可把他們打疼了,他們?cè)谕ㄐ啪€路里,像受傷的狗崽兒一樣慘叫。其實(shí)我本不想這樣的,我是想小刀剌肉,細(xì)水長流的,我一下掙太多了,他們就成了開水里的青蛙,輸急眼了,跳出來就不跟我玩兒了。
于是我趕忙去見那個(gè)經(jīng)理,就是那個(gè)曾急著給我開戶的。以前每次被我抓住他搞小動(dòng)作,不管我如何斥責(zé)他,他都不帶急眼的。對(duì)這種人,你就得以其人之道,還治其人之身,以他那水平跟我斗,那叫班門弄斧。