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“Analysts looking for a durable low in gold would much prefer to see panicked liquidation by these odd-lot buyers,” Mr. Ramsey wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2013

At prices like these, there is little room for error, especially for the Main Street odd-lot investors who put all their money to work at once, rather than dipping in on the corrections.

From Forbes • May 5, 2011

"How the Chairman of Merrill Lynch Invests" shows that he got rich, but not by following the advice that Merrill Lynch gives its odd-lot clients.

From Time Magazine Archive

That would save odd-lot buyers and sellers an eighth of a point price differential that they must now pay to get their orders acted upon on the floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Midgett's Bookshop at the corner of the High Street was still open and an old man with spectacles and a flowing beard stood poring over the odd-lot box at 2d. a volume by the door.

From The Wooden Horse by Walpole, Hugh, Sir




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