In Reply to: 2 bi or not 2 bi posted by TOI on Nov 18, 2020 at 18:38:51:
After the defeat of Napoleon at the iconic Battle of Waterloo, the family was able to receive news of the victory a full day ahead of anybody else given the advantage of their resourceful network of contacts including agents, couriers and shippers. By selling all his government bonds, Nathan falsely gave the impression of a lost battle, inviting everyone else to do the same. He then bought back all the bonds, despite a purportedly excessive price, and sold them after two years at a massive 40 percent profit.
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above paragraph sounds like SG know in advance the certain event will happen soon, so they make stock crash (by selling all of their shares - approximately 40-45% of all index values) and after market drops to a certain bottom, they will gradually buy back ....