The trend of Yahoo stock is one of the things that Don is most concerned about right now.

Just like Scott Swift's prediction, Yahoo's stock price has been rising, but the volume has remained low, remaining at around 20 million shares.

Until December 7th, Yahoo opened at $296, and then skyrocketed by $30 in half an hour, exceeding the $300 warning line!

The NASDAQ exchange exploded in an instant!

On this day alone, the trading volume of Yahoo stock reached 260 million shares, creating the highest single-day trading volume in the history of Yahoo since its listing!

Yahoo's total share capital is only about 250 million shares, which shows that Yahoo's shares changed hands fiercely on that day.

Such a huge trading volume must not be a move that retail investors can make, even a large investor like Tang En only holds 2.1 million shares in his hands.

It must have been Wall Street that made a move!

Don flew back to New York, closely watched the matter, and consulted with Scott Swift about it.

Why is this happening?

"At the end of last year, there was an abnormal wave of Yahoo stock jumping, and the stock price rose rapidly, even reaching $400, which is obviously very abnormal. Sure enough, the stock price lasted only two days at its peak, and then quickly fell back to the normal price of around $150. ”

"This year's situation is the same as last year. Yahoo's stock price has risen rapidly since November, breaking through the $200 mark and soaring, with Wall Street's major brokerage institutions and investment banks taking a cautious approach because everyone had already learned a lesson in greed last year. ”

"This time, they chose a conservative strategy, estimating that $300 was a peak hurdle, so the securities institutions collectively sold stocks at the price of $300, which caused a huge volume of trading on the day. ”

Scott Swift's understatement circumvents the complex and deceitful financial operations within securities institutions.

"Since brokerage institutions and investment banks don't think Yahoo stock can sustainably stay above $300, they ...... It's definitely going to be a big fight in the futures market, right?"

Scott glanced at Donn in surprise and nodded, "That's right, the New York Mercantile Exchange has been ...... recently. Very active. ”

Don laughed, "That's funny, if Yahoo stock continues to go higher in the next month, they're going short...... I don't know how much I have to lose!"

Scott shook his head, "Donn, the financial institutions on Wall Street have very mature systems, and even if they think that Yahoo will plummet, they will definitely avoid risks." ”

Don really didn't understand, "What do you mean?"

"Hedging. Scott knew that Donn didn't know much about finance, so he went into simple terms, "To put it bluntly, it is to take out some of the funds to buy short, and at the same time continue to increase the holdings of Yahoo stock." Then even if there is an unexpected change in the stock price in the future, it will not lose too much. ”

"Then if everything is expected, wouldn't it be a lot less profitable?"

Scott laughed, "It's natural. Wall Street's Institutional ...... Unlike you, your money is yours and you can gamble on it. But Wall Street's structure relies on financing to obtain raw capital, and managers work for shareholders, and they dare not take too many risks. ”

"Huh. Don shook his head with a smile, "It's like democracy and dictatorship, the former is good, but because of the huge pressure, it will definitely avoid risks, maintain stability, and be unremarkable." The latter, well, it is notorious for being poor, and it is good to use it...... It's going to go down in history!"

Scott couldn't keep up with Donn's weird train of thought, and echoed with a smile, "yes, if we can really succeed this time...... It's going to make a name for Wall Street!"

"I don't want fame, I want money!"

Don En glanced at him with a smirk.

Scott Swift immediately straightened out, "Of course, don't worry, as long as your instincts ...... The prediction is accurate, and I promise to make you ten times or even dozens of times the profit!"

Don said: "Then I'll wait for your good news, stay tuned." Remember, you are not allowed to sell stocks without my orders!"

……

In mid-December, the nominees for the 57th Golden Globe Awards were announced.

With a box office of more than 200 million in North America and $280 million at the global box office, "Wedding Aoke" received two major nominations - Best Actor in a Musical Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical Comedy.

Jude Law and Reese Witherspoon, two newcomers, officially stepped onto the big stage of Hollywood stars.

In particular, British actor Jude Law, who was nominated not only for "The Wedding Ace", but also for Best Supporting Actor for his wonderful performance in "The Talented Ripley".

However, if the two want to win the prize, it is not easy.

Reese Witherspoon's rivals for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy are Julian Moore, Julia Roberts, Sharon Stone, and Jenny McDier, all veteran actors who have been famous for many years.

Not to mention Jude Law, although he won two nominations, it is impossible for a foreign newcomer to be popular with Americans on the red carpet for the first time.

Relatively speaking, the most likely award for Donn's participation is still the movie "Star Wars Episode 1: The Ghost Man Menace" directed by himself!

The superfilm, which grossed $570 million in North America and $1.1 billion worldwide, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Queen Padmé Amidala played by Natalie Portman successfully conquered the hearts of the judges through her wonderful performance in the last 40 minutes, and appeared on the big stage of the Golden Globe Awards with an absolutely commercial attitude.

It was also her first Golden Globe nomination.

However, compared with these three rookie actors, another rookie director really dominated the Golden Globe Awards.

British director Sam Mendes, who is in charge of the post-production of "Soul Shifter" and directed "American Beauty"!

Upon its release, "American Beauty" received unanimous praise from critics and filmmakers, and the Golden Globe Awards selection committee also approved the film through nominations.

A total of 6 nominations were received for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor in a Feature Film, Best Actress in a Feature Film, Best Film Screenplay, and Best Film Score.

All of a sudden, "American Beauty" became famous!

At the same time, Sam Mendes' ongoing production of "The Soul Shifter" has also become the focus of heated discussions and expectations among the media and fans.

After the Golden Globe nominations were announced, Don heard another piece of good news.

Natalie got all A's and was accepted to Harvard and Yale!

At this time, Donn was in New York, paying close attention to the trend of Yahoo stocks, and attended the Natalie family's internal party as a boyfriend that day.

This is a typical Jewish family, with a ...... style Something quirky.

Natalie knew that Don was not used to it, so she pulled Don with a little smug on her face, and looked at him with a smile, "What do you think I am studying?"

"Didn't you enroll in clinical psychology?"

"It can be changed, besides, the first two years of college are just some basic courses, and in the last two years, they are really professional courses. Natalie looked at Don with disdain.

Donn scratched his head, "I didn't go to college, but I support your choice." ”

"But......" Natalie paused, a little hesitant, "but I feel that clinical psychology is of little use to me or to your future career." ”

"College is just an experience, Nat. Don gently hugged her, "The development of your career, everything has me, you don't need to worry, you just need to make the choice you like by your hobbies." ”

"Oh. ”

Natalie nodded dumbly, then chuckled, "Hey, what if your company goes bankrupt in the future and I don't become popular again?"

Tang En smiled: "It's very simple, you open a clinic and make money to support me!"

"You can raise other women, it's impossible!" Natalie snorted.

Don rolled his eyes, "Ability and women are a normal distribution, do you think I'm bankrupt, will there still be women around me?"

"Yes!"

"Who?"

"Me!"

(Note 1: In the 57th Golden Globe Awards, Reese Witherspoon was nominated for "School Scene", and Natalie Portman was nominated for "The End of the World.") In this book, the appearance of Don changed the trajectory of their lives, but the general trend of nomination has not changed.

Note 2: This book focuses on Hollywood, and other fields, such as the stock market, or real estate, cultural tourism, and the Internet that may be involved in the future, should be abbreviated as much as possible. If you are interested in something, you can leave a message, and I will write more.

Note 3: Tax issues. Can you avoid taxes by letting accounting firms do the accounts? Too young, too simple. There is a fine line between tax avoidance and tax evasion, but everyone knows that Ronaldo and Messi have entered the court because of tax issues. The question is complex and will be written about slowly later.

Note 4: The book is about to be put on the shelves, and I hope you will support it. ）