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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 100
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
Construing the financier's silence to mean at least not a prohibition, Edward went to his Sunday-school teacher, who was a member of a Wall Street brokerage firm, laid the facts before him, and asked him if he would buy for him some Western Union stock. Edward explained, however, that somehow he did not like the gambling idea of buying "on margin," and preferred to purchase the stock outright. He was shown that this would mean smaller profits; but the boy had in mind the loss of his father's fortune, brought about largely by "stock margins," and he did not intend to follow that example. So, prudently, under the brokerage of his Sunday-school teacher, and guided by the tips of no less a man than the controlling factor of stock-market finance, Edward Bok took his first plunge in Wall Street!
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定位：Additional excerpt 100 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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爱德华把金融家的沉默理解为不禁止，就去找主日学老师——此人是华尔街一家经纪行的合伙人——把情况一说，请他代买西部联合的股票。爱德华说明，他不喜欢“保证金”那种赌法，想全额买下。老师告诉他这样赚得少，可他记得父亲当年就是栽在股票保证金上，赔光了家产，他不想重蹈覆辙。于是，他谨慎地通过老师的经纪行，又靠着这位股市操盘手透露的消息，第一次闯进了华尔街。
上下文
博克父亲曾因股票保证金交易破产，这让他对杠杆投机心存警惕。
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你投资时，会为了安全而主动放弃更高的潜在收益吗？
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