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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

William Feather

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William Feather
Age: 91 †
Born: 1889
Born: August 25
Died: 1981
Died: January 7
Author
Writer
Jamestown
New York
Every
Finance
Things
Stock
Time
Sells
Think
Market
Thinking
Funny
Another
Persons
Astute
Person
Buys

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