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“It isn't a hunch but the subconscious mind, which is the creative mind, at work. That is the mind which makes artists do things without their knowing how they came to do them. Perhaps with me it was the cumulative effect of a lot of little things individually insignificant but collectively powerful.”

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Jesse Lauriston Livermore

Jesse Lauriston Livermore was a renowned stock trader, born on July 26, 1877, and died on November 28, 1940. He was known for his keen insight and bold investment strategies in the stock market, often referred to as the 'King of the Stock Market'. more

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