Chapter 512: A $10 trillion gamble

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At Williams Manor, Caesar and Diana rode a black and white aristocratic pony on a leisurely walk around the farm. The black pony that Caesar rode was from England and belonged to the Shetland pony, and the white pony that Diana rode was from China and belonged to the Debao pony. At present, the most famous pony in the world is the Shetland pony in the United Kingdom and the Debao pony in China. Because the number of ponies is scarce, it is particularly precious, it can be said to be the treasure of horses, and the value of hundreds of thousands of dollars has now become a symbol of nobility!

Both ponies are under 90cm tall, and Caesar and Diana rode on them, just right. For the sake of safety, a servant was arranged to pull the horse rope on the side in case of accidents.

Henry stood in front with his company's Williams camera to take pictures of Caesar and Diana, while Ulysses watched.

Little Caesar and Little Diana are both dressed in riding costumes and helmets, looking cute and heroic.

"Laugh one, pose one!"

Henry shouted at them, the two children were now more than a year old, could already speak, and understood Henry's words, and immediately made a scissorhand gesture.

With the improvement of the aesthetic level and the progress of ideological concepts, scissorhands have made people have aesthetic fatigue and feel a little boring. But the appearance of Caesar and Diana made Henry find extremely cute!

After taking a few pictures, Henry stepped forward, kissed each of them on the face, and asked, "Do you like your ponies?"

"Yes!" Caesar and Diana replied in unison, milkily.

"If you like it, then you can choose a name for your horse!"

"Good !!"

The two children began to discuss what to name their pony.

At this time, the mobile phone rang, and Henry looked at the number, and it was Karina calling.

"Honey, is there something wrong with me?"

"Well......," Karina said, "our funds have been completely cashed out of the Japanese stock market, and according to the statistics of Weifeng Capital, we have made a total of nearly $200 billion! Now, I have arranged for people to prepare to speculate in crude oil futures! Honey, how much money do you think we need to invest in it?"

Henry thought for a moment and said, "Put in $100 billion and use 100x leverage!!"

After Henry finished speaking, Karina's voice did not come from the phone for a long time, and he seemed to be shocked!

After a long while, Karina took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure it's 100 times leverage? You know, in this way, it is equivalent to us using $100,000 to speculate in crude oil futures, which is a huge gamble!"

"Yes, I know!" Henry knew all about the future rally of oil.

At the beginning of 2003, the international price of crude oil will exceed $30 per barrel, and then, there will be no turning back.

In September 2004, affected by the Iraq war, the international crude oil price once again exceeded $40 per barrel, and then continued to rise, and exceeded $50 for the first time. It then broke $60 per barrel and accelerated.

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck Mexico, and the international crude oil price exceeded $70 per barrel for the first time.

On September 12, 2007, the international crude oil price exceeded $80 per barrel for the first time, and then continued to accelerate the market.

On October 18, 2007, the international crude oil price exceeded 90 US dollars / barrel for the first time, and approached 100 US dollars / barrel at the end of the year!

In 2008, international crude oil prices soared, and on July 14, the price of crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit an all-time high of $147.27 per barrel.

Henry paused and continued: "The delivery time of our crude oil futures contract is set for August 31, 2005!"

After saying that, a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Henry's mouth. Hurricane Katrina was a natural and man-made disaster, and no one expected it to come so quickly! The hurricane swept through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, causing at least $75 billion in economic damage, making it the most devastating hurricane in U.S. history, with no less than 1,836 people killed.

At this time, more than a third of the oil fields near the Gulf of Mexico were forced to close. Seven refineries and a major U.S. crude export facility also had to be temporarily shut down, and the price of crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange soared by $4.67 per barrel to as high as $70.8 at the opening of trading on August 29! Until September 2, the International Energy Agency announced that all 26 member countries agreed to put 2 million barrels of crude oil from strategic reserves on the market every day for 30 days to help resolve the market tensions caused by Hurricane Katrina. Crude oil futures prices fell sharply on the day in the New York market.

Therefore, the delivery time of crude oil futures contracts is stuck at this point in time on August 31, which can naturally make the most money!!

And the reason why he didn't continue to speculate, Henry was actually thoughtful. 100 billion US dollars is already a huge number, and then using 100 times leverage, will inevitably cause large fluctuations in international crude oil prices. It is not difficult to imagine that by August 31, 2005, the international crude oil price will definitely be much higher than in the previous life, or may exceed 100 US dollars per barrel! At that time, the international crude oil price may plummet! Therefore, after making another profit, there is no need to take any more risks!

"Well, do whatever you want!" said Karina, "Oh, yes, there's another thing. Soros was about to ask me if I wanted to join forces to attack Asian countries, but I didn't think it was appropriate, so I refused directly!

We are different from Soros, who is a pure financial capitalist, while we have a lot of physical companies and products. I believe that Asia will be an incomparably huge market in the future, and if we blatantly launch a financial war against it, it will inevitably make the local countries and people hate us, and our products may not be sold in the future!!"

"You're doing the right thing!" Henry nodded and said, "Not to mention whether the financial war will be successful, even if it succeeds, it will be a sesame seed and a watermelon! This time against Japan, I have no choice but to do it, who will make them our enemies! For the enemy, we will naturally not show mercy!"

Come on, hurt each other!

Japan's Mitsui Foundation and Mitsubishi Foundation have now tasted the bitterness, losing hundreds of billions of dollars, and it has also affected the whole of Japan, causing the international competitiveness of Japanese products to plummet, causing a relatively long-term negative impact. Japan is in a mess, with millions of unemployed people in the country, an economy in a slump, and many people who cannot afford to eat, all rely on the Japanese government for relief. A year ago, Japan's GDP could reach more than $3 trillion, ranking second in the world. However, since the beginning of this year, Japan's GDP has plummeted, and I am afraid that it will not be in the top three for several years!!

(To be continued.) )