Buttonwood Unalloyed blessings

摘要

Her client's huge order would cause prices to surge if the market got wind of it. She knew she needed to be crafty. "So I shouted as loud as I could, 'I'll sell at £795'." The price sank. "By now I was pointing at everyone who had bid, but because they thought I was a heavy seller they backed off, only taking 25 tonnes at a time." At the bell, the price fell to £780. That triggered automatic sell orders. At the next session she was able to buy back her stock—plus a few thousand tonnes for her client—on the cheap.