Finally a day came, when he saw something unusual in a newspaper ad. Based on a large ad from a bank in popular newspaper, he sensed that the banks were running out of money and will soon be in trouble. He shorted to his fullest extent and was rewarded by an amount equivalent to over 1 billion in today's money.
Folks, I had similar Livermore moment , when I saw this ad from GE capital at bigcharts.com -
Typically the same space contains ads of movies, stores and so on. Something smells here.