# Wall streeters...explain what happens in Trading Places

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 1, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660 "2003-04-01T07:08:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660/21 "2003-04-02T15:53:39Z")

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LOL, I might agree odds but I can’t figure which he’s dissing. I loved Trainspotting and thought Moulin Rouge was actually pretty good.

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660/22 "2003-04-02T16:50:02Z")

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And I thought the movie took place in Philly anyway.

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**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660/23 "2003-04-02T16:55:34Z")

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So the guy from Baring’s Bank was a rouge trader?

So he was buying and selling women’s makeup?

I think the word we’re looking for here is rogue.

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**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660/24 "2003-04-02T17:01:55Z")

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**Ivar** , that’s why he went bankrupt! Everyone thought he was trading commodities when actually he was selling Mary Kay! 😃

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**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-streeters-explain-what-happens-in-trading-places/165660/25 "2003-04-02T22:11:31Z")

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> \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \*  
> \*\*And I thought the movie took place in Philly anyway. \*\*

It was, but Winthorpe and Valentine (A&M) took the train to the financial district of NYC (made evident by a shot of the twin towers).

Pash

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