Sentence examples for fortunes trading from inspiring English sources

A flush economy breeds innumerable fools ready to squander new fortunes, trading in start-ups when they aren't surfing for Michelangelos or at least Furbies on eBay.

The secondary market for private company stock is a shadowy world, where ownership is often unclear, paper fortunes trade hands with ease and valuations can soar as demand for hot private stock outstrips supply.

Now the man who brought Mr. Hevesi to prominence, Mr. Morris, has made a vast fortune, trading on his access.

For his part, Heathcliff, having made a mysterious fortune, trades the rags of his wretched youth for a velvet coat and breeches.

Many of today's billionaires amassed their fortunes by trading the stocks of companies that don't have profits or by launching Internet companies that don't even have products.

Gangs make a fortune trading in lives.

Akhmetov had made his initial fortune trading it.

Bartoszek, 46, made his fortune trading oil for Glencore International before he retired from the company and became a consultant.

The principal of Zar Realty Management is Tamir Sapir, a former taxi driver who made a fortune trading oil in Russia.

But on Wednesday Mr. Devaney, who made and then lost a fortune trading mortgage investments, finally called it quits.

The palatial homes belong to the Kalderash, a once-itinerant group of Roma who made their fortune trading metal across Eastern Europe after the collapse of Communism.