Chapter 70 Christmas Battle (2)

  From the Singapore Nikkei 225 futures contract market in December of 1989 to the corresponding markets in January and February of 1990, the funds of the two parties amounted to tens of billions of dollars each and fought frantically at every price.

   This is a war about national destiny. The winner will rule the world economy, and the loser will be sent to hell.

  At this time, neither side realizes that this is a war that determines the trend of the world economy, at least it will determine where the future world economic center will be.

  For the rapidly growing RB market, Western countries have maintained sufficient attention. The world's largest financial institutions have opened branches in Tokyo one after another, and some branches have even surpassed the headquarters.

  Even in later generations, the RB stock market fell below 10,000 points again, and most companies singled out RB as an important region. For example, the Chinese economy in later generations has maintained rapid growth all year round, and even surpassed RB in terms of GDP to become the second in the world. Most of these large companies will set up an Asia-Pacific headquarters in a certain city in the Mainland, but this Asia-Pacific region does not include RB.

The branches of many large companies in China are first the China region, then the Greater China region (including Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.), and then the Asia-Pacific region (Southeast Asia), but even in terms of the radiation range, they generally do not include RB. .

  The importance of the RB market can be seen!

  For the country RB, the United States has always been vigilant enough. After all, this country is the only country that hits the mainland of the United States. When capturing the RB Islands, the RB people's Bushido spirit and terrifying jade-breaking tactics caused heavy losses to the US military.

  Ordinary people may not remember much, but politicians who always control the national interests will not forget that they are always beating RB and cannot let it out of control.

  Wall Street, which has a close relationship with Washington, can naturally understand this, so it acts as a thug every time it suppresses.

   This is by no means sensational. In fact, lesser-known economic wars are breaking out all the time.

   Let me tell you a real example. In 2006, in order to disintegrate Huaxia's heavy industry, Goodman Company bribed relevant personnel, intending to acquire a certain Huaxia Heavy Machinery Company, and then split it up and sell it. However, under the resistance of some knowledgeable people, this conspiratorial transaction was finally aborted.

  Under this seemingly peaceful world, there are countless undercurrents and whirlpools, most of which cannot be made public, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

   Just like regarding the bubble in the stock market, RB officials have always had an ambiguous attitude. It seems that they don’t intervene too much in the market, but who knows, it will secretly join the United States in preparing to burst the bubble!

  In addition to being under tremendous pressure from the United States, they are also very confident in their ability to influence the market, and feel that they can control the situation even after the bubble bursts. It's just that they don't know that the end of seeking skin from a tiger is to be eaten clean.

   Closer to home, after the alliance of RB funds, it was transferred to the accounts of Kaoru Iwamoto the next day, and the subordinates of several agents also gathered together to take orders from Kaoru Iwamoto.

  As soon as the funds were collected, it was really different from the previous separate battles. In the main contracts of the three months closest to November, there were opponents of comparable size. The amount of funds was so large that it was staggering.

The two parties have invested a total of more than five billion U.S. dollars in the three-month contract. They both realized that it is impossible to knock the other side down in one step. At that moment, give a fatal blow.

  Affected by both parties, the betting funds have also increased, and the contracts for the next two months have also become active.

   Of course, there are short-term operating funds for fishing in troubled waters, but more of them are heavy bets after seeing one side.

  Singapore Exchange is most happy to see this situation. On the one hand, they charge a large amount of handling fees, and on the other hand, it also consolidates the unshakable influence of Singapore Exchange on the Nikkei Index.

  The reaction on the futures index has begun to affect the performance of the RB stock market, and the confidence of some investors has begun to shake, but in the frenzied atmosphere, this number of people is nothing at all.

In this year, the RB stock market successively crossed 30,000, 32,000, 35,000, 36,000 points and other important points. It happened in just one year.

   After hitting 35,000, the RB stock market had a very short period of oscillation, but it couldn't hold up to the fanatical investors and huge expectations, and the index began to climb all the way again, and finally rushed to 36,000 points in November.

  This is not over yet, the rising kinetic energy seems to be endless. After breaking through the historical mark of 36,000, the index is still rising, with a very strong momentum. It seems that breaking through 38,000 is just around the corner.

  Most investors are looking forward to breaking through the historical mark of 40,000 points!

greatly awaited!

"how can that be?"

  Jim, who was in Kobe, looked at the green line on the screen, and suddenly felt that the tie around his neck was like a lifeline, strangling him out of breath.

After the market hit the RB market for the first time in October, this time he was full of confidence. Although he lost a billion dollars last time, he successfully prevented the further rise of the RB stock market, making it oscillate above 35,000 for a long time time.

  But this time, far more funds than last time were gathered, and more institutions entered the market, and the effect was not as good as last time. The RB market rose tenaciously, seemingly indifferent to Singapore's suppression.

   "What should we do now? Not only the December contract, but even the January and February contracts have suffered losses. It won't be long before we have to fill in the funds again!"

  In order to prevent a collapse, the funds they use will not exceed five billion U.S. dollars at most, and the remaining money will be used as a reserve force to pay a security deposit.

"Gradually clear the December contract, transfer the funds to the January contract, and at the same time slowly absorb the March contract, the action must be light, and we must not let others find out that we have left behind. Let everyone I think we will fight RB in these two months!"

  After thinking for a long time, Jim whispered to Maxim.

   "Wait." Jim stopped Maxim who was about to leave. "March's contract is long, you do this in person, and it is absolutely confidential!"

   "What? Are you crazy?" Maxim yelled, but his mouth was quickly covered by Jim.

  For the sudden friction between the two, the traders who were busy with each other just took a look in surprise, and then went back to their own business.

  During this period of time, despite their full operation, they lost another 300 million US dollars on the December contract. What they can do now is to use a large number of accounts to liquidate a small amount of positions, so as not to let many parties discover their actions.

Once the news of the short side's retreat is leaked, the market will go crazy. At that time, all the funds will turn to attack the short side. At that time, it will be difficult for them to sell all the empty orders in their hands. If there is no way to get out, they will only lose more. many.

   So everyone is busy.

"No, I'm not crazy! I'm sober. If you don't speak loudly, I'll let go of my hand. Do you understand?" Jim said to Maxim in a low voice, and he relaxed when he saw Maxim blinking his eyes. open hands.

"Do you know how much we lost? The three-month contracts add up to 700 million US dollars! Now transfer the funds from December to January, so that we can still compete with each other, otherwise we will die. !"

   "If we don't do much now, we won't last until December. If we can't complete the tasks assigned by the above, you and I will be fired."

   "You're okay, it's a big deal to find another new company. As for me, I have invested all my funds in it, not only mine, but also those customers' funds, you know?"

"Now I can still use this local fund to cover up, but if this fund is still unable to make money, then my performance will be exposed immediately. As long as an investor asks for redemption, my misappropriation of funds will be immediately revealed. exposure!"

"Do you know the consequences of being exposed? At least I will be banned from entering the market for life, and maybe I will be sentenced to prison. RB has the death penalty! Mark, you won't watch me die, right? Now only you can help I'm done, please!"

  Jim uttered so many secrets in one breath, and then looked at Maxim helplessly, waiting for the final judgment.

  After hearing that Jim embezzled the funds entrusted by the client, Maxim could no longer hold back. He even wanted to expose him immediately. This kind of behavior that violates business ethics must not be tolerated. But when Jim mentioned that RB has the death penalty, Maxim hesitated. He didn't know what the law of RB was like, but if there was a death penalty, Jim would be finished.

  After his face changed several times, Maxim gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Don't worry, dear Mark. I will never make it difficult for you. In fact, I did this for everyone. The task assigned to me by my superiors is to teach RB people a hard lesson at Christmas. I think that in the United States We should also be ready, as long as we don’t lose too much money.”

   "Uh...Jim, I have something to tell you..."

"what?"

  Seeing that Maxim agreed, Jim breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed the test this time. However, Maxim's face suddenly became very strange, which made him feel bad.

   "It's about your fund's income, I want 30%! As a reward for keeping it secret for you, this is a deal, agree or refuse!"

   "What? 30% of the profit, no! Mark, you are too greedy, I can only give you 10% at most. Otherwise, you might as well send me to the gallows!"

   "Twenty percent, this is the last offer!"

"make a deal!"

  Two broad palms are tightly held in it.

   "Hey Mark, you know what? I don't think it'll be long before you're hiring a new boss!"

   "I don't give a shit! Who wants to be in a place full of stink, gangsters and some arrogant Brits? I'm going on a world tour after this."

   "Fuck off, you son of a bitch, get out of my sight now!"

  After the deal and threats were finished, there was no more warmth between the two of them.

(In this part of the Christmas campaign, I checked a lot of information and took a lot of time. Let me explain in advance that sometimes the Nikkei index exceeds 40,000, which refers to the futures index price in Singapore, and the rest are real Nikkei indexes .)

  (end of this chapter)