Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 15, 2016
July 14, 2016
July 16, 2016
Transcript:
Dumbarton: I'm not really an expert, sir, so I could have this wrong, but it looks like you sold 90 percent of your holdings just before the Boesky announcement. Slackmeyer: I got lucky. Dumbarton: I'll say. The Dow plunged 40 points. You saved... let's see... Slackmeyer: About $23 million. I hire good people. What are you driving at, kid? Dumbarton: Nothing at all, sir. I'm just paid to puzzle out the irregularities. Slackmeyer: If you're implying I dumped on a tip, I"ll have you know this firm has never, ever traded on anything but its integrity! Dumbarton: Oh, well, that's that. Slackmeyer: Don't toy with me, kid! What kind of deal are we talking here?
The market “plunged” 40 points? How quaint!