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The toad who controlled $10 billion

Started by Cain, January 14, 2010, 06:15:57 PM

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January 14, 2010, 06:15:57 PM
QuoteDepartment chiefs from the Industrial Bank of Japan's headquarters would take the bullet train down from Tokyo to Osaka in order to attend a weekly ceremony presided over by the toad. On arriving at Nui's house, the IBJ bankers would join the elite stockbrokers from Yamaichi Securities and other trading houses in a midnight vigil. First they would pat the head of the toad. Then they would recite prayers in front of a set of Buddhist statues in Nui's garder. Finally Madame Nui would seat herself in front of the toad, go into a trance, and deliver the oracle — which stocks to buy and which to sell. The financial markets in Tokyo trembled at the verdict. At his peak in 1990, the toad controlled more than $10 billion in financial investments, making its owner the world's largest individual stock investor.

Alex Kerr, Dogs and Demons, page 78

Rococo Modem Basilisk

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January 14, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
So, there was a human 'interpreter' for the magic precog toad...

Why didn't they just stick with the i-ching?


I am not "full of hate" as if I were some passive container. I am a generator of hate, and my rage is a renewable resource, like sunshine.

Elder Iptuous

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January 14, 2010, 07:09:00 PM
Necessary for this thread:

Sry, Cain.

BabylonHoruv

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January 15, 2010, 01:16:15 AM
Quote from: Enki v. 2.0 on January 14, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
So, there was a human 'interpreter' for the magic precog toad...

Why didn't they just stick with the i-ching?

Because the i-ching stocks lost money probably.
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