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Ok, in the commodities trading business there have GOT to be stories of this sort of thing happening.
by oxryly1 11y ago
Ok, in the commodities trading business there have GOT to be stories of this sort of thing happening.
- slyall 11y agohttp://thedailywtf.com/articles/Special-Delivery http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Special-Delivery Edit: Oops, somebody already posted, later in the thread.
- oxryly1 11y agoOk, neat story, certainly. But is there any indication that it isn't completely fictional? Edit: similar info here http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/futures-contracts-expiration-soybeans-eggs-oil/9/21/2009/id/24547 http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/futures-... It seems these stories tend to be apocryphal. Oh well.
- auntienomen 11y agoOne of the better ones I've heard is that John Maynard Keynes took delivery of a grain contract while running the Chest Fund of King's College Cambridge. Not having any better place to store the grain, he filled up the college's chapel with it, leading a reverend to remark "Mr. Keynes must believe that God is some sort of enormous chicken."