"There _are_ individuals and businesses _earning gain_ in the secondary market as well as in the primary market."

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> As a finance guy, I feel an obligation to guess...
>
> I would define "to earn gain" as "to profit", without regard to the
> kind of profit (eg, interest, capital gain).
>
> Perhaps it is a back-formation from "capital gain"?

Sounds reasonable to me!
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-Wilson
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