Chapter 168

Chapter 168 The real taste of Wall Street

Abel is not surprised by the return of these Wall Street giants.

For the people of Wall Street.

There's only one thing I can't stand the most, and that's not making money.

As long as you can make money, everything else is secondary.

Even if you want him to kneel down and bark like a dog in front of you, only you can benefit him enough. Guaranteed to make these guys scream at your feet with great pleasure.

We are on Wall Street, a world where money comes first.

The first person to approach Abel was Philip Purcell, CEO of Morgan Stanley, who had just spoken most firmly in front of many Wall Street giants.

And as soon as Philip Purcell arrived, he said to Abel who was talking to Robert's nephew:

"Mr. Smith, I agree with your recent offer of 500 billion US dollars. However, this offer can only be accepted with certain preconditions."

While chatting with Abel and also wanting to buy Smith Capital, Robert, who was a private equity fund at the time, was stunned. Peggy, who was with her grandfather next to her, was also stunned.

Grandfather and grandson overheard Philip Purcell's absurd comment.

In particular, the number "500 billion USD" announced by Philip Purcell shocked both of them.

$500 billion?

What is this concept? Is this the GDP of a small to medium sized country?

Or are you talking about funding the US military this year?

Philip Purcell also noticed the existence of Morgenthau's niece and nephew.

Morgan Stanley CEO nodded to the Manhattan District Attorney.

The latter also immediately responded, while hesitantly wanting to leave. Because it looks like the next time Abel will be talking about that half a trillion dollars is with Philip Purcell.

Robert didn't know if it was a trade secret or not, but he was a little curious as to what the $500 billion they were talking about was.

Robert noticed that neither of them seemed shy about expressing their opinions.

The old man only took his granddaughter back a step but did not leave.

500 billion dollars. It happened again between super sexy Abel Smith and the CEO of Morgan Stanley.

Even Manhattan's chief prosecutor, Robert, is curious.

Abel smiled back at Philip Purcell.

"So what are the conditions? Mr. Purcell."

"For example, a gaming agreement or a guarantee agreement," says Philip Purcell. »

At this moment, another voice rang out in the small circle. "Berkshire Hathaway thinks so too! »

Buffett is the faster mover. He got to Abel faster than Paulson and Richard Fuld.

Robert and Peggy were even more surprised after seeing Buffett arrive.

Paulson and Richard Fuld, and several other giants.

They gathered around Abel again. Including Davis Brown of the Texas Association, who hasn't said much yet.

The old men from Morgan and Rockefeller did not come.

The two old men are on the other side, forming another circle.

But these Wall Street giants could have gotten to Abel so quickly.

High probability is associated with both. Robert is wondering if he wants to take Peggy away.

Because here it seems like a big commercial event.

So many giants on Wall Street and this $500 billion figure.

Robert felt that it was a bit heavy for his grandfather and grandson to stay.

At this time, Robert saw Abel surrounded by Wall Street giants, not only did he not have an immediate reaction to these giants. He even reached into his pocket and took out a cell phone.

Then Robert heard Abel laugh and say:

"Oh, about two minutes. I want to ask you, can you tell me about it in two minutes?"

"What do you mean, Mr. Smith?" Why wait two minutes?

Wall Street bulldogs are fiercer than anyone.

Richard Fuld spoke again. Abel really doesn't like him.

Abel believes it would be better if Lehman Brothers collapsed in the future.

With such a CEO, not failing would be absurd!

"Two minutes. Oh, more than a dozen seconds have passed. It's been about a minute." » Abel said patiently. "Since you care, come find me." So I have to be able to afford the rest of the time, right?

"Oh, there's only a minute and a half left, everyone wait a moment."

Dozens of Wall Street tycoons surrounding him had no idea what kind of drugs he was selling in his jar.

But fortunately, with little time, people are actually waiting.

This allows Peggy and her grandfather to see a magical scene before their eyes.

That is, these people call the wind and rain out and randomly appear at any reception. will become the most popular guests at the reception, leading Wall Street giants.

At this time, everyone was very quiet, but they all looked at Abel with strange eyes.

Compared to the bustling reception scene outside, this small circle.

For more than a minute, it seemed like the silence button had been pressed.

Except for a few people raising their hands to check the time, no one was actually talking. I actually waited over a minute for what Abel said.

Looking at this scene, Robert couldn't help but think: This is only twenty years old! What will happen when he's my age?

Thinking of this, Robert couldn't help but look at his beautiful niece next to him.

At that moment, Robert suddenly felt that it would be good if Peggy married him.

"Oh~"

More than a minute passed very quickly, Abel breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said, "Time's up." You can call now and request real-time exchange rates.

Hearing what he said, everyone who was actually silent for more than a minute felt a little strange.

Richard Fuld was about to speak when Bryn Bulley, who was next to him, suddenly grabbed him.

Lehman Brothers' CFO whispered into its CEO's ear:

"Something big has happened in Scotland!"

Richard Fuld was surprised: "What's wrong?"

"Irish Army GH!" The finance director whispered:

"They attacked Queen Issa's car! They attached a car bomb, the car bomb exploded, the queen's car was blown to pieces!"

Richard Fuld was surprised.

It's not that he loves Her Majesty the Queen and cares about Her Majesty's safety. It is this type of major event that can often quickly affect global financial markets and quickly turn into a black swan that can be large or small.

"What about Queen Isa?" » Richard Fuld asked immediately.

All Bryn Bulley said beforehand was that the Queen's car had blown up.

In fact, it is not bad and the effects can be controlled.

But if . . , then things will be very funny.

"I don't know. But the pound and the euro have gone down!"

»Bryn Bulley said softly.

Will the British pound and euro fall? It's normal, the Queen's car was bombed!

This is already a big problem in Europe.

But... wait, the pound and euro are falling.

The dollar is always stronger.

That thing. Richard Fuld reacted immediately and looked at Abel.

Abel just said that we should let people check the current real-time exchange rate of the US dollar.

As soon as Abel finished speaking, such news came from Europe.

The British pound and the euro fell immediately.

Too crazy!

He can't be the one to blow all this up!

Richard Fuld was a little confused in his mind and immediately asked: "What about the dollar?" What is the current price of the dollar? »

"It's up!" »Bryn Bulley said worriedly.

As soon as the new pound and euro depreciate, international funds will choose to hedge risks.

At that time, the relatively strong yen and dollar will unconsciously become their choices.

As soon as safe-haven funds appeared, the yen and dollar immediately increased in value.

The increase in the value of the US dollar, although not significant under normal circumstances, does not affect international markets or the United States itself. But the important thing is

The dollar has been missing for a week now!

This trend is mainly due to human causes.

The people behind these false pretexts are the forces of Wall Street, led by four major investment banks.

Richard Fuld immediately said worriedly: "Immediately order the guards to stop the increase in the price of the dollar!"

This time due to the strength of the British pound and weak economic data in the United States.

The dollar has been falling for more than a week.

There are too many Wall Street firms taking advantage of this "winter wind," quietly shorting the US dollar and yearning for other currencies. As part of an overall trend, like the current US economy, it's been really good overall.

The US dollar remains under pressure.

I am very unhappy with Zipperton's impending resignation.

The unions and management were about to leave the premises, so why not give me such a sight at that time?

But there was nothing he could do. Wall Street is taking action, as the white landlord, where do you need to intervene?

When we're in trouble, come out and wipe our butts!

However, more than half of this kind of repression and decline against the dollar is actually a fake black swan created by Wall Street.

As long as there are no mistakes, this black swan can provide a small meal for everyone.

Similar to this kind of little black swan, Wall Street does it several times a year.

If there is no black swan then a black swan will be created for you. But this fake black swan has a bad point: it is easily affected by the international situation.

The international situation hasn't changed much so it's okay.

The international situation has changed and so have the reactions in the United States.

will most likely cause this false black swan to collapse.

Like now something like this happened in Scotland. Only the Pound and the Euro were affected, but both the Pound and the Euro fell.

As soon as international safe-haven funds arrive, the dollar will rise with it.

Usually, it increases gradually, with little effect.

But now everyone is ready to eat the meat, the meat has been put in the pot, almost cooked.

As a result, a wild boar named "International Hedge Fund" rushed aside, about to pour meat into the pot. At this time, how can this group of Wall Street people not be in a hurry?

Like Stanley O'Neill at Merrill Lynch.

These Wall Street tycoons essentially bet on shorting the dollar this time.

The difference lies in the amount of the bet.

Richard Fuld's decisions were similar to those of some of the giants around him. This time there are giants who are shorting the dollar and they have contacted their subordinates to suppress the dollar and move it elsewhere.

This was also seen by Robert's grandfather and grandson.

At Abel's request, the Wall Street giant remained silent for more than a minute.

After a period of silence lasting more than a minute ended.

One by one, they began to call hastily. From quiet to noisy takes just a few minutes.

Great.

This scene made Robert and Peggy feel strange.

This gives the grandfather and grandson the feeling that these giants, like Abel's puppets, are being led forward by Abel.

Among the audience, only Buffett did not perform too badly. He likes value investing and conservative investing, not that type of investing.

The rise and fall of the dollar has little to do with Buffett, who has not yet entered the market.

But it's also possible to get this kind of international news instantly.

Buffett smiled and said: "Ah, it seems like everyone is busy."

Abel also smiled and said: "Who said there isn't?"

Buffett looked deeply at Abel.

Perhaps the Ancient God had a bold guess in his heart. This is what happened in Scotland. Could this be linked to Abel?

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Abel asked everyone to be quiet for two minutes.

After the two-minute silence period ended, such news immediately occurred there. If it is said that Abel did not know, then this kind of coincidence is too coincidental.

The kind of coincidence that is so random that there is no way to explain it.

But if Abel is believed to be connected to the Irish Army GH.

It too much.

Buffett investigated Abel's background and origins. Anglo-Texan, American or Wall Street elite, how could he not have anything to do with Ireland's GHJ?

Maybe Abel has a secret channel there?

Buffett fell into a state of confusion and contemplation.

But it also made Buffett realize that Abel seemed to have more than just strong investing talent.

After that, the next development of the situation made the atmosphere more refined. Just now, when these Wall Street giants were trying to suppress the dollar's exchange rate.

There are long positions in the market and they attack the short positions.

Led by this bull market, international safe-haven funds have found loopholes.

Other bulls form.

The dollar has been falling for a week under the onslaught of these bulls. He always held his head completely high.

It doesn't matter if he raises his head, once he raises his head.

Investors who sold short and used relatively high leverage multiples were immediately liquidated.

The collapse of the situation made it impossible for Philip Purcell and others to sit still.

Richard Fuld couldn't bear it at first, he told Abel directly:

"Sorry, Mr. Smith, I have to go back to the company first."

Billions of dollars in investment were at stake, and at that moment, Richard Fuld was in no mood to worry about such a coincidence. What they care about now is how to prevent losses in time.

As for whether Abel has anything to do with this incident or not, that will be left for later.

"Please continue~" Abel smiled.

Richard Fuld and the people at Lehman Brothers hurriedly left.

Philip Purcell and the others also quickly left. Wall Street tycoons had just gathered and wanted to ask for quotes and negotiate with Abel.

Suddenly dozens of people went missing.

This circle is a bit quiet.

Mogensuo's two sons and grandson saw the end of the whole process with some shock.

At this point, Robert heard Buffett whisper to Abel, "Does this worry you, sir?"

"How is this possible, sir. It would be great if I was that strong. But the following is relevant to me."

"OH?"

"Warren."

Robert and Peggy heard Abel call Warren Buffett by name without being polite at all.

"Yeah?"

This doesn't seem to bother Buffett.

"You didn't notice. Didn't I invite people from Citigroup and Wells Fargo tonight?"

"Well, I didn't pay attention to it. But now that you say it like that, I think it seems right. »

"My view is that it's not like I have a bad relationship with Citigroup and Wells Fargo." Peggy listened to Abel and smiled.

"I quietly mortgaged my Los Angeles assets, including Marvel, MGM, etc., to Citigroup and Wells Fargo.

"And my personal credit as collateral."

"I received a total of $3 billion in hidden loans from these two banks."

"In the past three days, I used 3 billion US dollars to raise 20 billion US dollars, all in US dollars."

"There were so many vacant positions in the market and all my long positions were filled quickly."

"Here, these gentlemen just left. Many of them are my opponents."

Buffett widened his eyes in surprise and looked at Abel: "In other words, you have cow shares?"

"Ha~Why not?" Abel smiled and said:

"This could be the last straw and the position could be liquidated. But it's only three billion dollars, and I can afford to lose it. »

Buffett remained silent. The stock god quickly clears his mind.

It's tonight.

Or before that, it was three days ago.

Abel heard somewhere that this could happen in Scotland.

The kind that even knows the exact time. Abel then speculated that this would cause the pound and euro to fall.

In the international foreign exchange market, there was a time when the British pound and the euro decreased in value.

International funds will want to hedge.

Currently, the US dollar and Japanese yen are always the two main options for international safe haven funds.

The US dollar just fell for another week and no matter how you look at it, the downtrend is over. There is no room for decline, so isn't it about to increase?

International safe-haven funds will most likely favor the US dollar.

As long as the dollar is chosen, the dollar will naturally rise in price, even if Wall Street collectively blocks it at that time.

It may hold but is unlikely to be as smooth as last week.

As long as the pound and euro do not rise, the dollar will continue to rise. Wall Street's allies have never been trustworthy, and many will immediately do nothing.

The power of the bulls will become stronger and stronger.

At first, Abel quietly cooperated with Fuguo and Citigroup and launched the first wave of bull attacks.

This is someone who wants to work with these bears.

Before today, these bears had already begun to "stab in the back". Wall Street giants who then choose to short will be squeezed for a period of time.

Understanding Abel Buffett's operations, I can't help but smile.

"Mr. Smith, you'll make them very angry."

"Ha~" Abel smiled and replied: "Wall Street is so big, America is so big, the world is so big, my collaborators don't have to be them."

"Alright." Buffett smiled and said: "You're right."

This is a phrase that Buffett loves to hear. Because Buffett's collaborators and supporters are not like that.

These Wall Street forces, led by the big four investment banks, represent only a fraction of Wall Street's forces.

It's that they have a bigger voice, which makes people believe that Wall Street is an investment bank and investment banks are Wall Street.

But this is not the case.

Don't talk about Wall Street in a broad sense, but talk about the entire financial power of America. Even if it is Wall Street in the narrow sense, it is also the street of New York.

The financial companies that exist on this street are not the only investment banks.

Furthermore, even Wall Street has never been unified.

During the week, this is when the internal struggle takes place most fiercely.

Now, like Abel, when he cooperated, he secretly deceived them and made money from them. This is Wall Street at its most authentically capitalist.

Wall Street or financial tycoons.

One of their favorite activities, otherwise.

It means wrong.

(end of this chapter)