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The afternoon sun was hiding behind light clouds as Eteo started his
walk. The crowds had arrived at the Ambleside seawall as they did
every fine day, and Eteo had to dodge groups of pedestrians from
time to time. He saw Frankie again, but he was busy on his phone
and only nodded and waved with his free hand. Eteo responded in
kind, but suddenly his own phone rang and he stepped to the side of
the path to answer. It was Richard calling from Calgary.
“You never called me,” Richard complained.
“Sorry, I got caught up in things.”
“Never mind, I managed. We’ll see lots of buying as early as tomorrow
or the next day at the latest. Two big brokers will come in.
Stay on the bid and you’ll see.”
“What happened?” Eteo needed a bit more detail than that.
“Just stay on the bid,” Richard repeated, “and let them come and
take the offers. Just follow the market up.”
“I’ll keep my eyes open,” Eteo replied, not very happy to be
fobbed off with generalities. Afterwards he speculated about the various
scenarios of how these new brokers might come into the market.
Manolis Aligizakis 