Chapter 2533: One Oil, Two Benefits

The cucumber that Mr. Feng repeatedly reviewed is not an ordinary cucumber.

The cucumber, whose full name is Swiss Re, is a landmark in London's financial district.

It has appeared many times in "Charlotte Detective". It is the building with a full glass curtain wall, which looks like an upright and elongated rugby ball, and also like a fat and silly cucumber.

It is 180m high, with 40 floors and a total area of ​​about 64,500 square meters. It is known as one of the greatest buildings on the streets of London in the 21st century. Companies including Swiss Re, Sky News, and Standard Life are all tenants of this building.

"I know that building," Li Ruiyuan seemed to be familiar with this most independent and unique building in London's financial district. "It should have been resold once in 2006,"

"It seems to have been sold to an investment bank? I don't remember the specific name, but the price should be 600 million pounds,"

"Do you really want to buy it, Mr. Feng? Then I can go and ask now," Li Ruiyuan became excited again.

For a financial practitioner like him, if his company can use the most famous landmark building in the City of London as its office building, it would naturally be a very fulfilling thing.

That is probably equivalent to the honor of a soldier winning the highest level of medals, an athlete winning a gold medal at the Olympics, and an actor winning the Best Actor Award at the four major international film festivals.

"Yes, I am very interested now," said Feng Yiping.

Buffett said that when others are afraid, be greedy.

When most people dare not buy a house, or cannot afford to buy a house, it is a good choice to start such a real estate project.

But the main reason is that he hopes to increase his role in the London futures market in the future.

He said that the City of London is a good place, not only because the City of London will bring him huge wealth this time, but also because the City of London has some unique advantages.

For example, although in terms of crude oil futures, the trading volume of London Brent crude oil is actually lower than that of West Texas crude oil in the United States, Brent crude oil futures adopt a compliant delivery method that supports both physical delivery and cash delivery.

This meets Feng Yiping's need to quickly cash out through crude oil futures. Otherwise, would he hoard the oil and become a middleman?

Dear, our oil is of good quality and low in sulfur. Do you want to ship it or transport it through pipelines? ...

He has no interest in becoming the oil king by speculating in crude oil futures.

At the same time, West Texas Intermediate crude oil is priced only for domestic crude oil in the United States, which is very localized, while Brent crude oil covers major oil-producing countries and regions in the world, including Northwestern Europe, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, Africa and Yemen, and its pricing is more representative. Therefore, the former has begun to gradually withdraw from the stage of history.

So, for him, it is best to do crude oil futures in London.

For Feng Yiping, opening a company in such a first-tier city, he has always believed that it is better to buy it than to rent a place for office, and it is better to build it by himself than to buy it...

But considering the difficulty and cycle of self-building here, as well as the return on rent, he thinks that buying a building is a very good choice.

"But this can be put aside in advance," he said.

"Yes, as you said, the most difficult days have not yet arrived, that is, the prices of these properties will be further reduced in the future," Li Ruiyuan said.

However, he glanced at the cucumber in the wind and rain, haha, you will be mine sooner or later... Wait, is there something wrong with this?

Yes, I am not a woman, there is no need to be so eager for cucumbers...

"Your most important job at present is to grasp this wave of market conditions well," Feng Yiping said, "In Hong Kong, according to our plan, we just need to absorb the stocks we are optimistic about in a regular manner. You can remotely control the work of the fund in the United States,"

"I understand, I understand," Li Ruiyuan thought about the income so far this year, his heart was hot, "Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we must not make any mistakes in the second half,"

"It's just that Mr. Feng, I think it's a pity. In this situation this year, we should also speculate on futures," Li Ruiyuan said.

The reason why he said this is that this year, from the United States to Europe, stock markets are falling, which is very suitable for short selling.

For example, in Europe, from July last year to now, the stock markets of Germany and France have fallen by more than 20% cumulatively, and the current decline of the British stock market has also been close to 20%.

"Mr. Li, we still have to be cautious about futures," said Feng Yiping.

He also knew that shorting the stock index, once the bet is right, it is also a big profit, but he is not clear about the specific trend in that area.

The reason why he chose to do crude oil futures is that he remembers very clearly that from the second half of last year to June this year, crude oil prices have been rising.

But in the stock market, if it is specific to every day, it is very common to have repeated fluctuations, and stock index futures have no restrictions on fluctuations, and they are settled every day. Therefore, if you are not careful, all your investment and previous profits will be lost in one day.

"The more high-risk projects are, the more stable we require them to be,"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Feng, I'm a little too excited," seeing Feng Yiping's cautious words, Li Ruiyuan quickly calmed down.

Although he also enjoys the pleasure of success at the moment, he knows who he has achieved these results because of.

"Think about the Industrial Bank incident at the beginning of the year, and then think about the Bahrain Bank incident earlier. Your position does not tolerate any willfulness." Feng Yiping felt that he should cool down Li Ruiyuan appropriately, "You also know, I The most important thing is that you follow instructions in all your actions."

Li Ruiyuan recalled the first time he met Feng Yiping. At that time, Feng Yiping mainly emphasized this point.

"I'm sorry, I won't..."

"I can understand your thoughts," Feng Yiping stopped, "but you have to know that I can't have a correct grasp of everything."

"So, the stock index does contain great profit opportunities, but we only do what we are sure of,"

You can't put out his fire all at once.

Li Ruiyuan was indeed more energetic. He looked around and saw that there was no one around except Owen and the others, "How should we go next?"

Feng Yiping also looked around. It was not raining heavily and the wind was not light. There were not many people interested in strolling along the Thames River at this time, and they were all far away.

“You can consider short selling crude oil in August and beyond now,”

"August?" Although Li Ruiyuan knew that, according to Feng Yiping, crude oil prices would fall after July, he had been shorting since August. "Does that mean that starting from August, it will plummet?"

Because he knew that if there was a recurrence during this period, Feng Yiping would definitely not advise him to do this.

But you must know that many experts are currently saying that it is definitely not a problem for crude oil to reach US$200 a barrel.

"In July, after passing the high point, it will drop. By August, I am sure that the downward trend will be obvious," Feng Yiping said.

Li Ruiyuan naturally did not question this time, "How long can I go short?"

"I judge that short selling should not be a problem until the end of the year,"

He was so sure because he remembered clearly that it took more than four years for crude oil to rise from US$50 in 2004 to nearly US$150 in 2008.

Accordingly, it only took more than four months for the price to drop from nearly US$150 to US$50.

"What's the approximate market price at the end of the year?" Li Ruiyuan asked.

"About 50, which is close to the original level,"

Feng Yiping was still feeling a little emotional, and Li Ruiyuan fell into ecstasy again. The beautiful scene of money made him feel a little hot again, and he felt as if there was a fire burning in his chest.

"Isn't that a bigger profit?" He was trembling a little as he spoke.

Think about it, when the price of crude oil is 120 to 140 US dollars, you can borrow it and sell it to cash out, and then buy it and pay it back when it reaches 50 US dollars. After borrowing and repaying it, won't there be an average profit of 80 US dollars per barrel?

Facing the cold wind blowing in his face, he couldn't help but want to roar loudly.

This will not only make Gates angry to death, but it will also make Gates and Buffett angry to death!

With this, what stock index futures are you still thinking about?

It turns out that the most enjoyable thing in the world is eating two meals a day.

"Calm down, calm down," Feng Yiping patted him on the shoulder, "Also, do you know the person in charge of Deutsche Bank in the financial district? Make an appointment for me."