Life at the Top

In the futures market, one could decide whether they wanted to buy or to sell. In other words, to take a bullish or a bearish stand.

It was a simple idea. Taking the bullish stand meant that you believed the stock index would increase, so when it did, you earned profits.

Taking the bearish stand meant that you believed the index would drop, so when it did, you earned profits.

All in all, it was a gamble of whether the stock indexes would drop or rise.

Jasper believed that the Hansel Index would drop, so he chose to take a bearish stand.

When in truth, the falling of the Hansel Index was a trend that not even God could change.

The figurative tsunami had appeared at sea level, and the only thing anyone could do now was run as high up as possible, since stopping the tsunami was impossible.

With both Weresoft losing the antitrust lawsuit and Barron’s article, sorrow filled Harbor City’s stock market.

The entire market was starting to crash, and retail investors were trying to escape. Everyone was selling their own stocks, but where would they find an investor who would take over the market at such a time?

For stocks to be sold out, it first required someone to buy them or the transaction could not be completed. Without anyone purchasing, the falling of prices was the only outcome!

and stock markets all over the world were facing the same

dropping drastically and therefore lowered

stock

situation of Harbor Stocks’ trading

one

time, media companies were trying to report the latest news of the stock market as quickly as

knew that the dot-com bubble had

a situation only promoted

everything in their ability to guarantee the safety of investor’s funds

City’s government was trying to use politics to reignite the stock market to ensure that the city’s

entire market, the government of Harbor City’s

prices continued to

drop in the stock index was beyond

Harbor City’s investors of the horrific memories

had to pay for the

most straightforward and simple result was that the market price of companies would drop too low, thus leading to their cash flow breaking up and lastly the company closing down. The first thing that happened was

jobs, employees no longer had any economic income