August 20, 2009

Line of the Day

Heard on yesterday's installment of Fast Money:

Pete Najarian: "Why did Freeport-McMoran today get put on the Conviction Buy List over there at Goldman Sachs?"

Karen Finerman: "Because they were long already."

Good stuff.

Aug 20, 2009 10:27:58 AM | Wall Street

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