Reminiscences of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
一个股票操纵者的不堪往事
主人公原形杰西•罗利斯通•利弗摩尔(Jesse Lauriston Livermore)
作者埃德温•勒费弗(Edwin Lefèvre)在1922年以拉瑞•利文斯顿之名描写杰西•利弗莫尔股市生涯的大起大落,连载于《星期六晚间邮报》。在1923年集结成书出版。埃德温•勒费弗主修矿业工程,19岁时却成为一名记者,在这部小说发表后,声名大噪,成为知名的财经作者。
I went to work when I was just out of grammar school.I got a job as quotation-board boy in a stockbrokerage office.I was quick at figures.At school I did three years of arithmetic in one.I was particularly good at mental arithmetic.As quotation-board boy I posted the numbers on the big board in the customers’room.One of the customers usually sat by the ticker and called out the prices.They couldn’t come too fast for me.I have always remembered figures.No trouble at all.
初中刚毕业我就外出打工了。我在一家股票经纪行的营业部找到了一份工作,在股票行情板上抄写数据。算术是我的强项。在学校读书的时候,我只用了一年时间就学完了三年的数学课程。我最擅长的是心算。作为一个抄写行情的小男孩,我在客户们的营业间穿梭往来,在他们的大黑板上登记着有关行情的数据。通常会有一位客户坐在自动报价机旁边,不停地喊叫着价格。无论他读的有多快,我总能将这些数字烂熟于心,从不会出错。