经典重译之股票大作手回忆录(390)
原文(420):
More than one man who knew him well has told me that Keene was the boldest and most brilliant operator that ever worked in Wall Street.That is saying a great deal,for there have been some great traders.Their names are now all but forgotten,but nevertheless they were kings in their day—for a day!
They were pulled up out of obscurity into the sunlight of financial fame by the ticker tape—and the little paper ribbon didn't prove strong enough to keep them suspended there long enough for them to become historical fixtures.At all events Keene was by all odds the best manipulator of his day—and it was a long and exciting day.
He capitalized his knowledge of the game,his experience as an operator and his talents when he sold his services to the Havemeyer brothers,who wanted him to develop a market for the Sugar stocks.He was broke at the time or he would have continued to trade on his own hook;and he was some plunger!He was successful with Sugar;
made the shares trading favourites,and that made them easily vendible.After that,he was asked time and again to take charge of pools.I am told that in these pool operations he never asked or accepted a fee,but paid for his share like the other members of the pool.The market conduct of the stock,of course,was exclusively in his charge.
其他版本译文(420):
与凯恩很熟悉的人对我说过很多次,凯恩是华尔街上自古以来最精明、最有魄力的作手。这一点的意义很重大,因为厉害角色很多,如今都被人们所遗忘,他们叱咤江湖的时候,都是国王一般的显赫,在某一天都是国王。他们依靠报价牌,从毫不知名逐渐成长于金融界,最后创造了名气。可那小小的彩色报价纸牌没有多大的吸引力,不能让他们在那里驻扎多长时间,很难留名后世。反正,凯恩确实成了那代人中最出色的作手,有过很长一段色彩斑斓的岁月。
凯恩运用着他掌握的炒股知识、经验和才干,在哈维梅尔兄弟手下做事。哈维梅尔兄弟想让他为美国糖业公司的股票打造一片市场。当时他不名一文,不然肯定会继续自力更生地操作,他是个非常了不起的大赌徒。在美国糖业公司的股票上,他做得非常成功,他让这只股票成了最受欢迎、最活跃的一只。事情过后,他总被各个公司内部请去操盘。有人对我说,他在这些公司内部炒作时,不会索要或者接收费用,而是总要与公司其他成员那样,得到一份该有的分成。他全权负责股票在市场上的情势,
我的译文(420):
在十分了解Keene的人之中,不止一个人曾跟我说过,在华尔街这些人中,他是最有胆识最精明的操盘手。
这话分量很重啊,因为华尔街可是有过一些大牌的交易者的,但现在谁还知道他们呢?尽管在他们那个时代,他们就是华尔街之王,可也只是昙花一现而已。
通过行情纸带,他们从籍籍无名之辈成为金融界炙手可热的人物,但依靠窄小纸带带来的这些声名,并不能长久,不足以使他们永载史册。
尽管如此,Keene无疑是他那个时代最顶尖的操盘手,他的声名经久不衰,激动人心。
他也算是一个梭哈型的交易者了,原本他也是只为自己交易的,但他也曾经受雇于Havemeyer兄弟,因为他那时破产了。凭借他对这个行当的了解,以及交易员的经验与天赋,他为Havemeyer兄弟提供服务,他们想让他为Sugar股票拓展市场,他成功的实现了他们的愿望。把该股票做成了市场上最受追捧的交易标的,使得那兄弟俩可以顺利的脱手变现。那之后,他屡屡受邀打理资金池(译者注:多方集资做庄)。我听说在这些资金池的运作中,他从不会主动索要或接受劳务报酬,而是与其余合伙人一样,自掏腰包认购属于自己的份额,当然对于那股票的市场运作,全由他一个人说了算。
我的评注(420):
作为新一代的交易明星,利弗莫尔对这个行当显然有着清醒的认知,花无百日红,人无千日好,华尔街上不乏大作手,无论过去还是将来,但往往都是来也匆匆去也匆匆,又有几个能长久的被人记得呢?
他记得Keene,也许是岁数上与他最接近,而声名也最显赫,也许是风格上与他类似,同为梭哈型选手,倾向于独立交易,为自己交易,不乐意受雇于人。
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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