Michael Lewis: "Itulah yang dipikirkan oleh pedagang obligasi Salomon:...

"Itulah yang dipikirkan oleh pedagang obligasi Salomon: Dia lupa apa pun yang ingin dia lakukan selama satu menit dan meletakkan jarinya di denyut nadi pasar. Jika pasar merasa gelisah, jika orang takut atau putus asa, ia menggiring mereka seperti domba ke sudut, kemudian membuat mereka membayar untuk ketidakpastian mereka. Dia duduk di pasar sampai muntah koin emas. Kemudian dia khawatir tentang apa yang ingin dia lakukan."

--- Michael Lewis

Versi Bahasa Inggris

That was how a Salomon bond trader thought: He forgot whatever it was that he wanted to do for a minute and put his finger on the pulse of the market. If the market felt fidgety, if people were scared or desperate, he herded them like sheep into a corner, then made them pay for their uncertainty. He sat on the market until it puked gold coins. Then he worried about what he wanted to do.