“The market can quickly seize up. Prices don't adjust in a smooth continuous fashion, but instead abruptly reconfigure themselves, like the earth's crust during an earthquake.”

—  David Orrell

Source: The Other Side Of The Coin (2008), Chapter 6, At Rest Versus In Motion, p. 195

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