Chapter 235

New York.

At 4 p.m., another day of trading in the North American stock market ended on time, the last trading day of the week.

When Wall Street elites are thinking about how to spend the next weekend, a sudden announcement from westero company suddenly broke everyone's just relaxed mood.

Westero's announcement is not long, to the effect that for the needs of enterprise development, the company will reduce its holdings of six technology companies, including apple, in the near future.

After clearing Motorola's shares at the beginning of last year, westero has not made any big public moves this year. What's more, the total value of the six stocks that westero will reduce this time is not too big. According to the stock price before today's closing, even if all the positions are cleared, the cash out scale is only about $500 million, of which only Apple's shares account for more than half.

However, no one will forget the investment craze in technology stocks triggered by the "westero portfolio" at the beginning, and the young man behind the westero company who created a series of wealth miracles in just two years.

Does a one-time reduction of six technology stocks mean that Simon westero is not optimistic about technology stocks? Or are there some unknown changes within these six companies? Or is Simon westero raising money for something else?

With a series of questions, many investment banks and securities companies have held temporary emergency meetings to discuss the possible impact of westero's announcement on the stock market next week. The telephone of James Leibold's office, President of westero company, is also in "be careful, westrow will make a big move! 》

"at this year's joking Golden Globe Award, a series of excellent films produced by danelis entertainment last year won only two awards: the best director of death Poetry Society and the best supporting actress of steel Magnolia."

"I have no intention of discussing" finally, let's wait and see. "

The most direct consequence of the front page article published in the Wall Street Journal is that it successfully diverts most people's attention from the reduction of westero's technology shares. At the beginning of the day, the North American stock market technology stock plate did not appear a lot of investors worried about the sharp decline.

Supported by the excellent results released on Saturday, Apple's share price rose 1.7% instead of falling in the trading day on Monday.

On the other hand, the view expressed in the article of the Wall Street Journal is obviously that Simon westero is shorting the Japanese stock market, and most people obviously also hold this view. Simon, however, is actually long.

Because of the time difference, when the article was published, it was already Monday night in Tokyo time, so it temporarily escaped a disaster.

However, if this view is allowed to spread, it is not hard to imagine that Simon's long position in Nikkei 225 index futures will usher in a huge loss tomorrow.

Simon even thinks that this article is likely to be driven by some hedge funds that are short of the Japanese stock market. After a brief decline in

1987, it continued to boom for more than a year, and the bubble in the Japanese stock market was far ahead of North America.

Although he doesn't like Japan in his heart, Simon can't be the straw to crush the camel out of his own interests.

Bears make money and don't share it with themselves.

Therefore, after discussing with James Leibold on the phone, several North American mainstream evening newspapers released some insider information in the afternoon: Simon westrow has indeed entered the Japanese stock market, but not short, but long.

To Simon's surprise, in addition to his arrangement with Leibold, a well-known analyst of Lehman Brothers also said in an interview on CNN's financial interview program that afternoon that according to reliable sources, westrow was really long.

It is obvious that the news of Simon's previous entry has been leaked.

Before that, everyone just followed Simon into the village quietly, and even took the initiative to limit the spread of news. Without the surprise article in the Wall Street Journal, some people would just follow Simon to make a fortune.

However, plans will never keep up with changes.

At this critical moment, those who have also made heavy bets on bulls may be worried that Simon's reaction is too slow and can only take the initiative to help him "clarify.".

Lehman.

Simon could only smile bitterly when he heard the news.

After the initial events, Simon had no contact with Lehman Brothers. However, he witnessed Simon's miraculous operation of stock index futures in 1987. It is obvious that Lehman Brothers has never given up its efforts to get some more opportunities from him.

To this extent, there is no need to hide things.

James Leibold simply contacted NBC financial channel and gave an interview that evening, saying publicly that "Westeros is still very optimistic about the growth potential of the Japanese stock market", which is equivalent to officially admitting the fact that Westeros is doing long.

In Japan, after the Wall Street Journal article was published, the Japanese political and business circles were affected.In fact, the Japanese stock market has not ceased. The Japanese government is also aware of the serious bubbles in its stock market. 87 years after the disaster, the Japanese government has been introducing various policies to limit the blind growth of the stock market.

If other media and individuals are singing down, the Japanese government will only decide whether to ignore or routinely refute according to the influence of the other side.

However.

Simon westero.

Although the article in the Wall Street Journal predicted that Simon westero could use only a few hundred million dollars, it is not worth mentioning in front of the huge volume of Japanese stock market. However, whether it's the entertainment industry or the financial industry, what Simon westero has done in recent years can only be described as a miracle.

This strange and strange demon star suddenly rises, which makes people dare not be careless.

At the emergency meeting of the Japanese authorities, some officials even began to ask the major consortia to prepare funds to take rescue measures.

In this way, a few hours later, the situation suddenly reversed.

Instead of shorting the Japanese stock market, Simon westero is long.

I'm overjoyed.

After suffering all night, a group of Japanese political and business tycoons with black eyes finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the interview report of James Leibold, President of Westeros, live on TV.

But there seems to be more to be done.

Since Simon westero is optimistic about Japan's stock market, it's certainly a good time for him to win over Japan's stock market.

Tokyo time is only one hour earlier than Melbourne time.

Monday night is still eight hours of night shooting. As soon as Simon gets up in the morning, Jennifer tells him that the Japanese ambassador to Melbourne arrived at Kendal hotel before eight o'clock and has been waiting in the restaurant, hoping to talk with him.

Simon understands that the Japanese just want him to make a public statement in person. It's no problem. Anyway, when it's time to turn long or short, it's time to turn short.

When I went downstairs to the restaurant, I introduced myself to the Japanese ambassador in Melbourne named Takagi Mian. There were two other people, a man and a woman. The middle-aged man was a reporter from Asahi Shimbun. The girl with beautiful appearance and neat teeth was a translator named Yoko Komatsu.

Simon actually knows some Japanese that can satisfy daily conversation, but Gao Mumian and the reporter of Asahi Shimbun, who has some strange surnames, are very fluent in English, so Simon communicates with them directly in English.

As a result, the translator named Yoko Komatsu seems to be redundant. The girl takes the initiative to sit next to Simon when we have breakfast together, and she seems very attentive.

During the meal, I simply answered a few questions from Asahi Shimbun. Finally, I took a group photo with Takagi Mian, which was obviously used as a picture of the interview article, which is probably the most important.

Then, when Gao Mumian left, he naturally suggested that Miss Xiaoshan could stay and help Simon take care of the daily trifles. He also said that the girl is actually a Japanese student from the University of Melbourne. If Simon wants to, he can take it as an opportunity for the girl to work and study.

Simon had some doubts before. The Japanese have always attached great importance to etiquette. This time, they obviously want to do something for themselves. It's unusual for them to come here empty handed.

It turned out to be a gift.

It's just that although she looks like nothing happened to her next to her, the gift still can't be accepted.

As soon as she saw off the Japanese offer, Janet's elder brother, Anthony Johnston, called and invited Simon to have lunch at Johnston's home at noon. Simon agreed directly.

Now that the news has been released, these things can't be avoided.