They had started working out of Jamie's garage, with a 110 thousand Jamie had saved taking sailboats up and down the east-coast.
Our investment-strategy was simple.
People hate to think about bad things happening so they always underestimate their likelihood.
Their strategy simple and brilliant.
他们的策略简单而巧妙。
What he said!
Jamie and Charlie found: Markets will sell options very cheaply on things they think will never happen.
So, when they were wrong, they were wrong small. But when they were right... They were right big!
Boooooom!
Within a few years they had turned a 110 grand into 30 million then it was time to go to New York City, and so far... it wasn't going very well so what if it does seem interesting?
Nope, no bank will give us our isda.
We're dead in the water... These kind of trades are totally out of the question!
We gotta call Ben!
Pffff call Ben!
Ben ricker was a former trader in Singapore for chase.
Quit the whole game in disgust!
He just happened to be Jamie's neighbor when they were in Colorado they met, walking dogs... But Ben was dark... He didn't just think the whole system would fail he thought the whole world was going down!
This salad's... oh.. Hmmm good!
You know, every one of these vegetables is fresh from my garden you guys should start your own garden!
What you gotta do is get your soil off petrol chemicals, use wood-ash and urine, help destroy the soil, creates mono-nitrate, seeds are gonna be the new currency!
And not those frankenseeds from monsanto, I'm talking about good healthy organic seeds.
Make yourself a garden, learn to live off the land!
A f***ing lunatic!
Ben had real experience in a big bank, Jamie and Charlie, never even been in a Manhattan bank bathroom!
But Ben was done with the banking world, he was very clear!