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Definition · Level 14 · Markets & pitch
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A market level that is out of date. Quoting one as if it were current is worse than saying you did not check, because the interviewer knows the real number.
Example
Quoting last year’s S&P level as today’s.
Where Tradecraft teaches it
Level 14 · Markets & pitch, in the lesson “Markets awareness: the numbers on the day”: Which US and global numbers to check the morning of an interview, where to read them, and how to say each one.
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