Chapter 79 A blind cat catches a dead mouse?

Afternoon, Manhattan.

Wall Street, Morgan Building.

As Morgan Stanley's headquarters in New York, both JPMorgan Chase & Co. and JP Morgan now have offices in this building.

Although they were the same company before 1933, before the Glass-Steagall Act was enacted.

After the bill was issued, Roosevelt split the original Morgan into Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley.

But now, in 1996, Roosevelt's legacy to the country is dwindling.

There are growing calls in the United States to abolish the Glass-Steagall Act.

To the extent that now, the once-split Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley are actually no different from a merger.

So they can work in the same place.

If Roosevelt were in power, Morgan would not dare to do this even if he had ten times the courage.

The 23rd floor of Morgan Building.

This is the office and trading area of ​​Morgan Stanley's fifth marketing group, headed by Yu Katona.

At this moment, You Katona was looking at the computer screen in front of him with a gloomy expression.

“They put all their money into military stocks.”

Beside You Katona, one of his two right-hand men, Lewis, spoke softly.

Another capable assistant, Hardy, couldn't help but say:

"Did they get wind of it in advance? But it doesn't look like that. They were killed ten days ago. And the news came out two days ago."

"I think it's very likely."

Lewis looked down at his boss's expression and said softly, "After all, his father is a congressman, so it's normal for him to get wind of it."

"That's impossible..." Hardy couldn't help but say, "The decision was made two days ago after a meeting in Washington. Before the meeting, even Zipperton didn't know what the result of the vote would be. Milo Blackburn, he can't be a prophet, right?"

Unlike Nelson.

Nelson cannot accurately determine which institutions, like Paladin Investment, are eyeing military stocks based on the flow of funds.

After all, Paladin Investment was established not long ago.

Nelson used to work at Bank of America, where he was just an ordinary senior investment manager.

Neither he nor Milo had many connections on Wall Street or in the financial world.

Unless Milo goes to Hector and seeks help from the financial core of the Boston Consortium.

Otherwise, in terms of financial intelligence and news.

Paladin Investments is certainly not as good as Morgan, a giant that has been rooted in Wall Street for hundreds of years.

Therefore, Yu Katona and others can determine where Paladin's funds flow by monitoring the flow of funds and analyzing intelligence.

It's nothing, Milo or the Blackburn family is just weak in this regard.

Just like Morgan and Rockefeller are weak in religion.

"Perhaps we can do some short selling to reduce the pressure. After all, he used 10 times leverage, so it is possible that he will lose money."

Hardy made a suggestion.

Without waiting for Yu Katona to answer, Lewis, who had been observing his boss's expression, shook his head:

"No, the risk is huge and the gains may not outweigh the losses. Almost everyone knows what Washington is going to do next. Military stocks are on the rise right now, and if we short them at this time, we are likely to be attacked by everyone."

Hardy was silent for a moment. He actually knew that what Lewis said made sense.

But wasn't this the order the boss had received from above to target Milo Blackburn in the financial market?

The last time with London Gold, they caught traces of this guy for the first time.

But because it lasts for a short time.

They were also seizing the opportunity to make use of the international spot gold and had no time to deal with Milo.

Later I learned that Milo obtained a loan of 400 million US dollars through mortgage.

They began to pay close attention to the flow of funds from Paladin Investments.

Through close observation, Morgan Stanley Group 5 discovered.

Paladin used $400 million in loan funds to invest in military industry stocks on the U.S. stock market.

After a week of continuous observation, Morgan Stanley's five teams were ready to invest in Paladin.

The funds are in place, ready to destroy the newly-born Paladin Investment.

But at this time, the situation changed a little.

Two days ago, Washington concluded a secret meeting that was not made public.

Not long after that, military-industrial stocks on the U.S. stock market immediately became a trend recognized by Wall Street in a short period of time.

The specific situation dates back to May last year.

The meeting in Washington two days ago was related to this.

Last May, across the ocean.

The dog raised by an American, the son of a man who had successfully taken office, visited the United States not long after.

And this is the bottom line across the ocean.

As a result, the situation in Asia suddenly became tense.

The heat in the region rose rapidly, and during this period, Washington even sent an airliner mother to pat the back of her dog's son.

During those months, military stocks on the U.S. stock market rose a lot.

However, after communication between the top leaders of both sides, the heat was reduced a lot.

Military industry stocks in the U.S. stock market also fell in response.

Lockheed Martin, which had risen to $145.3, fell back to around $100.

Raytheon, whose stock price once reached as high as $90 last year, later fell back to $65.

From this perspective alone, the matter may end here.

But the story doesn’t end there.

From last year to now, the dog raised in the United States, the son, has never stopped causing trouble.

Not only did they continue to make moves in Asia, they also spent a lot of money lobbying in Washington

So much so that the situation has become a bit tense again recently.

So two days ago, a secret briefing was held inside Washington.

At the meeting, Washington actually made a decision.

The meeting was held and ended two days ago. It was a secret meeting that was not made public.

And Washington has never had any secrets from Wall Street.

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The meeting ended shortly afterwards.

Many well-informed Wall Street people received the news in advance.

Washington's attitude is more resolute this time, and things may get out of hand.

Perhaps the Gulf War of 1991 may be repeated in Asia.

Everyone on Wall Street has set their sights on military-industrial stocks in the U.S. stock market.

The news came out two days ago.

In order to eat more.

The Wall Street giants adhere to the tacit understanding they have always had.

They all quietly waited for the opportunity to buy shares in the market first.

So starting in the past two days, people began to rush to buy stocks of companies such as Lockheed Martin.

Yu Katona and others who had been keeping an eye on the flow of Paladin's investment funds.

They were originally planning to target Paladin Investment in the stock market.

But in this situation, Yu Katona and the others dared not move.

Military industry stocks are about to soar, and it would be a shame if they targeted Milo at this time.

That's pretty much targeting all of Wall Street...

If discovered, Wall Street will definitely blow them up.

Even other groups in Morgan Stanley will show no mercy if they have the chance.

As the head of Morgan Stanley's Group 5, You Katona is definitely not a fool.

He flatly rejected Hardy's suggestion. "Fuck! Hardy, shut up. Let's not talk about short selling. Let's also lower the price of chips and grab as many chips as possible. Wait..."

Suddenly, Yu Katona saw the display on the computer screen, which was displayed on the surveillance software used internally by Morgan Stanley.

Paladin Investment, which was under their surveillance, suddenly bought a large number of military stocks in the secondary market.

"What's going on? They were covering it up before. Now they're not covering it up at all?" Lewis asked in surprise.

"What are you still standing here for? Grab the chips!"

Yu Katona did not hesitate and immediately ordered Hardy and Lewis.

Hardy and Lewis left in response.

Yu Katona didn't leave. He stared at the data on the computer screen with a mind full of doubts.

He was wondering why Paladin Investment had set its sights on military industry stocks ten days ago.

The meeting was clearly held two days ago, and the news only spread outside after that.

As far as Yo Katona knows.

Before the meeting, the general opinion in Washington was not to let the heat escalate.

After all, the other side of the ocean is not a small desert country.

They have powerful weapons, so the United States cannot be too ruthless.

If not for this, Zipperton would not have had a phone call with the other party’s senior management last year.

Decided to lower the heat together.

So before this secret meeting in Washington began.

Most people think that the heat will not continue to escalate.

For this reason, almost no one on Wall Street makes any preparations in advance.

No one on Wall Street is willing to do anything that is likely to waste time and money.

But Milo Blackburn did it. He actually made arrangements in military industry stocks eight days in advance.

"Could it be that Carl Nelson figured it out? But when this guy was at Bank of America, he was just an ordinary senior investment manager. If he had this ability, there would be no need for him to switch to a small company in Blackburn."

"Or maybe Milo Blackburn? That would fit in with some of the analysis of his character by the Department of Analytics..."

"Or maybe..."

Yo Katona muttered to himself, "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day?"

This English sentence literally translates to "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

It is a proverb in American English, with the same meaning as "an unexpected success" and "a blind cat meets a dead mouse".

Yu Katona now felt that Milo and Nelson must have been lucky acquaintances.

That's why they started planning and buying up military industry stocks ten days ago.

(End of this chapter)