经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(402)
原文(432):
I do not need to put out any literature for my clients.I do not have to inform the daily press as to the value of the stock or to work the financial reviews for notices about the company's prospects.Neither do I have to get a following.I accomplish all these highly desirable things by merely making the stock active.When there is activity there is a synchronous demand for explanations;and that means,of course,that the necessary reasons—for publication—supply themselves without the slightest aid from me.
Activity is all that the floor traders ask.They will buy or sell any stock at any level if only there is a free market for it.They will deal in thousands of shares wherever they see activity,and their aggregate capacity is considerable.
It necessarily happen that they constitute the manipulator's first crop of buyers.They will follow you all the way up and they thus are a great help at all the stages of the operation.I understand that James R.Keene used habitually to employ the most active of the room traders,both to conceal the source of the manipulation and also because he knew that they were by far the best business-spreaders and tip-distributors.
He often gave calls to them—verbal calls—above the market,so that they might do some helpful work before they could cash in.He made them earn their profit.To get a professional following I myself have never had to do more than to make a stock active.Traders don't ask for more.It is well,of course,to remember that these professionals on the floor of the Exchange buy stocks with the intention of selling them at a profit.They do not insist on its being a big profit;but it must be a quick profit.
其他版本译文(432):
我没必要去为客户做任何宣传,不必通过报纸报道股价,不必让财经报道发表对公司未来有多看好,更不需要有粉丝跟在屁股后面。我只需要把这只股票玩得活跃起来,就可以实现我特别想要的结果。股票交易很活跃的时候,就自然会有人想知道原因,当然这一点也说明,那些必要的原因会自己冒出来,出现在媒体上,一点儿都不需要我去协助。
场内股民们需要的只是交易活泛的股票。只要存在自由市场,他们会在任何价位交易股票,看到活跃的交易就会买卖成千上万股,这些分散力量集合起来就很强大了。他们必定就是作手的首批买主。他们一直前行,跟着买卖。所以无论在整个操作的哪个时期,他们都是一股有用的力量。我知道凯恩常会利用最能做事的营业员,既能瞒住他的炒作,同时也因为凯恩知道营业员们是拓展市场和传播消息的好手。他经常按照比行情高的股价,通过口头承诺,把认购权交给营业员,以便他们在能够获利落袋之前帮点儿小忙。他能使他们获得该获得的利益。想让这些行业内的人为我做事,我自己一点儿额外的事情都不必做,只要把一只股票搞得活蹦乱跳就好。营业员没有多少要求。不过,你也要明白,在交易所大厅里买进,是为了卖出赚钱。他们不会坚持等到有很大的利润,但一定要是那种很快就能兑现的利润。
我的译文(432):
我不需要为我的客户印发任何书面宣传材料,我不必通过日报或财经评论来鼓吹该股票的价值与前景,我也不必找托儿。我只需把股票搞活跃了,我不需要上述所有这些高明的手段,也能够达成一样的效果。
只要交投活跃了,伴随而来的就是大众寻求解释的强烈愿望。当然,那就意味着,我原本希望通过媒体刊发的必要解释,不需要我动一个手指头,它们自己自动就涌现出来了。
场内交易员需要的就是活跃。他们只需要一个可以自由买卖的市场,能够让他们在任意价格水平买卖任意股票。无论任何位置,只要市场活跃,他们都会交易数千股,而且他们总的交易量是相当可观的。这是肯定会发生的事情,这些场内交易员构成了操纵者的第一拨儿买家。随着股价的上涨,他们会一路跟随,因此在操作的所有阶段他们都能提供巨大的帮助。
James R.Keene 过去经常雇佣场内最活跃的(短线)交易员,我明白他一方面是为了掩盖操盘的源头,另一方面就是他知道这些人的举动远胜于最好的商务推广人以及那些散播小道消息的。
他经常口头报单给他们,价格高于市价,他们要想得利,就得把价格抬的更高,这就等于帮了Keene,他任他们去为自己赚取利润。当然,应当记得,交易所场内的这些专业人士买入股票,本来就是为了转手卖出获利,他们图的是来钱快,见利就走,不强求利润有多大。所以如果想要吸引专业交易者跟风,我自己只需把个股搞活跃就行了,其他的都根本不需要。
我的评注(432):
floor trader 与 room trader:
我起初以为floor trader 指场内交易员,room trader 是券商营业部大厅里的交易者。但经多方查询,我应该是搞错了。
room trader 也是场内交易员,但两者有两点区别,第一点,前者是术语,书面正式语,后者是行内俚语。第二点,前者偏于指向资金体量较大的,交易风格更全面的,而后者特指小资金,只打短线的场内小交易者。
引用依据:
1. Edwin Lefèvre: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
2. 《股票大作手回忆录》([美] 埃德温·勒菲弗 著,汤前燕 译)
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