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bucolic_frolic

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12. Dealers run a business that runs on money. They have to pay their bank line of credit.

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 10:15 AM

Sep 18

When the market nears a peak they stop buying because they have no credit remaining, and have to cover losses on what they just bought, and that on credit.

So yes, impossible to time the market well.

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Dealers run a business that runs on money. They have to pay their bank line of credit. bucolic_frolic Sep 18 #12