Supercapitalist

Synopsis: A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control.
Genre: Thriller
Director(s): Simon Yin
Production: Truly Indie
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
22
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
102 min
$15,919
Website
23 Views


Back in the '80s and '90s,

information was key.

Now it's a whole new game.

These days, with the Internet,

2 fresh grads sitting in some

sh*t windowless box

might be pushing around more money

than some of the biggest funds.

They're getting information faster than

anyone else

they're masters of a chat room.

That's why our job is not

just about information.

It's about intelligence.

When we buy a stock,

it's because an idiot sold it to us.

And when I say us,

I don't mean those pussies

over on Wall Street.

Hedge funds, gentlemen, are the future.

And we thrive, not only by our ability to

decipher the clues and read between the lines,

but by designing foolproof plans

to be executed to the 'T'

by supercapitalists.

We are a superior,

covert agency of operatives

created and incentivized to

fulfill one mission:

Your God given right to make

as much money as you can before you die.

We will bear arms with our words,

and more importantly,

go to war if need be

using all tactics imaginable,

and unimaginable.

Because...

we create events.

Events to unlock shareholder value.

And that's why our fund is up 25%,

year over year, for the last 5 years.

What about Asia?

Well, we got a guy set up in Hong Kong.

Real smart, knows his stuff.

Come on, will you take a look!

Come on, baby!

- Come on!

- Come on!

F***! Bullshit!

Traders are on edge at the moment as they wait for

that Federal Reserve announcement on interest rate.

Raising rate substantially, well,

could have a dramatic effect on

The US economy.

Could choke off growth

as the higher borrowing cost means that

people find it harder to take out loans.

Experts are warning, though,

that there is a need for

higher borrowing costs to curb...

1%, right, Conner?

Sure!

Just word got out.

You really think Feds gonna

cut rate to 1%?

This is the one, Andy.

I can feel it.

That's why I like about you, man.

Crazy!

Yo, Conner, man.

Thank you again for those analytics yesterday. Spot on!

- Hey, remember, box seats!

- Seriously, with this guy.

- Hey, let me ask you something.

- What's up?

This Friday,

Yankees vs Mets, what you got, man?

- Johnson vs Kashida.

- Yes, sir!

I heard word on the street is that

Kashida broke up with his fiance.

So, he's gonna be

a little distracted.

- How do you know that?

- Come on!

Yankees by 2.

Go with me on this!

OK, that's what I'm talking about.

Big day today.

You ready?

Yeah.

Mr. Brown, your conference connected.

What do you got for me?

Hendriks?

Our old man [...] over at R8W is about to kick the bucket,

so we're gonna short.

Ouch.

Pretty boy!

Our work spec at the Fed

announce big numbers,

so we're just going to sit tight today.

Pussies!

One more thing on the agenda today, guys.

We are going to say sayonara

to Hong Kong, everybody.

It's time to dump Fei and Chang.

OK, everybody.

If that's it!

Hey, Mark.

It's Conner.

Look, based on my analysis of

what's gonna happen today,

I think we should actually increase

our position on Fei and Chang.

How much?

$80-90 million.

Have you completely lost your mind?

Well, Feds in a bind.

They gonna cut...

I thought I told you to drop

this 1% bull...

- I've been re-running the numbers, OK, my gut is tell...

- Your gut?

What?

You think this is Vegas or something?

You can go around betting your gut?

Mark, I'm sorry.

You gonna have to excuse young Mr. Conner here.

It seems he has just awoken from Dreamland.

With these rates, OK,

consumers... they are gonna go out,

they're gonna re-finance their homes,

they're gonna have a lot of cash.

They're gonna have the cash to buy the flat-screen TV,

the phones, the gads, whatever they want for their kids.

And who makes those consumer products?

China.

And what's the largest company

that's gonna benefit from that?

I'm sorry. Am I the only one who thinks that

he's in Fantasyland right now?

The Fed will never cut rates to 1%.

They never have, never will.

Figure it out and get back to me.

- Will you just listen to me...

- Listen to me!

Fei and Chang is dead.

This meeting's over.

Get the f*** out!

You think you're so smart, don't you?

You and your magic numbers.

Ah... God.

Let me tell you something.

You pull another stunt in there like that again

the only magic you'll be doing

is rubbing my magic lamp.

Rubbing your magic lamp.

Got it.

Good.

Andy, dump all Fei and Chang in the open.

You're making a mistake.

Oh! Woa!

What makes you think some punk college dropout

has the privilege of telling me what to do?

I've been covering your sector

for the last 6 months.

I've been drafting proposals,

I've been crunching the numbers,

I'm pretty much...

doing your job.

So, yeah, personally,

I think I deserve...

You know, I don't give a rat's ass

what you personally think.

You're making unprecedented calls

in the market,

and you're doing whatever you want.

There's a chain of command here,

so when I say go f*** yourself, you ask "how deep?"

You got that?

Morris, lighten up a bit.

Andy, if I wanted some unsolicited advice from a little b*tch,

I'll go call my ex-wife.

Let me spell it out for you, Fed, 1%.

Fei and Chang, massive upside.

OK, OK. Smart ass!

You wanna put your money

where your mouth is?

Oh, come on.

Whatever!

Yeah.

10 to 1. Why not?

You don't want to be here, and I don't want you here.

So I tell you what?

Everyone, listen up for a second!

Listen up.

I, Morris Brown III,

will hereby contribute to, sh*t-for-brains,

that's you,

the sum of $50,000, if

sh*t-for-brains here, runs around the office

with his pants off screaming,

"Morris is my daddy!"

What are you doing, man?

Nothing is worth your self respect.

That is so touching!

I swear, I just don't know what Mark sees in you.

If it were up to me, you'll be nothing more

than a guy picking a corner out of my big wet sh*t.

Big wet sh*t, got it.

Mr. Brown, Mark is on line 1.

Thank you.

Andy, dump it.

Stocks are getting a boost off of the Federal Reserve's

reduced cost of borrowing to 1%.

That's the move here. You have to go back,

what, to the 1940s to see money this cheap.

What's expected?

Rising house prices.

As a result of more consumer spending.

Investors really at the moment trying to grapple

the Fed's move here, trying to make sense of it.

One thing is for certain, though.

This is a major shift in monetary policy, for the US economy.

And way, way beyond that.

Let's have a look at the market,

and the reaction,

in a bit more detail.

Laurie, get Mark back on the line, will you?

Enjoy your meal.

Thanks.

1%? Who could have predicted that?

Not a damn person.

- Hey there!

- Hey!

What do you want, Mark?

I came to give you this.

But minus fees, of course.

- What is this?

- It's your earnings, for sticking it to Morris today.

Look...

I didn't get to be the man standing before you

without taking a few risks.

I took that bet that Morris laid out, and

I took a risk on you.

And now it's time for you to take a risk on yourself.

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