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The Chinese Are Excellent Picklers

By Jim Cramer

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 So, I am reading this great book, Passage of Arms, one of the joyous mystery-thriller Eric Ambler books that I allow myself in the dead of summer. They are total treats. At its core, there's a character who has lost money in the "pickling" market. No, it is not about pickles, although I am a canner and enjoy 'em. It's about trading rubber. The gambler, whose brother runs a giant rubber plantation, is always trying to game the price of rubber. The plantation owner scolds him and tells him that he can't play with the big boys who control the market -- they back off when it is right and come at it hard when it is right and make it impossible to beat them because they are so clever. The big boys? The Chinese. The time? 1957! This game's been going on for ages. The...

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