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1、TheGreatestTradeEver:TheBehind-the-scenesStoryofHowJohnPaulsonDefiedWallStreetandMadeFinancialHistoryCoverTheGreatestTradeEver:TheBehind-the-scenesStoryofHowJohnPaulsonDefiedWallStreetandMadeFinancialHistoryTODADANDTOMOM,MYTEACHERS,MYFOUNDATIONTOMICHELLE,GABRIEL,ANDELIJAH,MYJOY,MYINSPIRAT
2、IONintroductionThetipwasintriguing.Itwasthefallof2007,financialmarketswerecollapsing,andWallStreetfirmswerelosingmassiveamountsofmoney,asiftheyweretryingtogivebackadec-ade’'sworthofprofitsinafewbrutalmonths.ButasIsatatmydeskatTheWallStreetJournaltallyingthepain,atophedge-fundmanagercalled
3、toraveaboutaninvestornamedJohnPaulsonwhosomehowwasscoringhugeprofits.Mycontact,speakingwithequalpartsenvyandrespect,grabbedmewiththis:“"Paulson’'snotevenahousingormortgageguy.…...Anduntilthistrade,hewasrun-of-the-mill,nothingspecial.”"Therehadbeensomechatterthatafewlittle-knowninvestorsha
4、danticipatedthehousingtroublesandpurchasedobscurederivativeinvestmentsthatnowwerepayingoff.Butfewde-tailshademergedandmysourcesweretoobusykeepingtheirfirmsafloatandtheircareersalivetoofferverymuch.IbeganpiecingtogetherPaulson’'strade,awelcomerespitefromthegorydetailsofthelatestbankingfias
5、co.CrackingPaulson’'smovesseemedatleastasin-structiveastheendlessmistakesofthefinancialtitans.RidingthebushomeoneeveningthroughthegrittyNewJerseystreetsofNewarkandEastOrange,Ididsomequickmath.Paulsonhadn’'tsimplymetwithsuccess—--hehadrungupthebiggestfinancialcoupinhistory,thegreatesttrade
6、everrecorded.Allfromarankout-siderintheworldofrealestateinvesting—--coulditbe?ThemoreIlearnedaboutPaulsonandtheobstaclesheovercame,themoreintriguedIbecame,especiallywhenIdiscoveredhewasn’'talone—--agroupofgutsy,colorfulinvestors,allwelloutsideWallStreet’'sestablishment,wascloseonhisheels.
7、Thesetradershadbe-comeconcernedaboutaneraofloosemoneyandfinancialchicanery,andhadmadebillionsofdollarsofinvestmentstoprepareforameltdownthattheywerecertainwasimminent.Somemadehugeprofitsandwon’'thavetoworkanotherdayoftheirlives.ButotherssquanderedanearlyleadonPaulso
