[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: Cornering the Silver Market

In a message dated 6/15/2005 10:47:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> One of the two of them was a W&L alumnus.  Neither were nasty folks:  they
> did nothing beyond trying to corner an open market. =20
> 
> Marc
> 

Speculators who attempt to corner a commodity that is also considered a 
strategic material seem to take an eventual drubbing.  Many years ago I knew a 
young woman who's father tried it with Beryllium ... he lost, as they say, his 
hat, ass, and wristwatch.

G. King


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