How Could This Make Steel Prices Rise Too?

To the nobles trading in these Steel Futures Markets, it seemed that no matter what happened, as long as it had even the slightest connection to steel, it was good news.

There was no doubt that the ranch incident had sent Steel Futures soaring this time.

Of course, it was not just Steel Futures prices that had surged. Johnny the Actuary's futures trading bulletin had also received far more attention.

To these people, Viscount Rost seemed to have become someone they both loved and hated. They loved him because he occasionally came up with all sorts of strange things, and most of those things actually required steel.

It could be said that he was also the greatest force supporting the steel market.

What they hated was that he was not on the same battlefield as them. They all hoped steel prices would soar because they all held steel.

But Viscount Rost was different. He needed steel.

So, in the eyes of these nobles, Viscount Rost had always wanted steel prices to be lower, and he also wanted them to put their money into Rost's own businesses.

Granted, Viscount Rost did have quite a few businesses, and every one of them was highly profitable. But how much could they make from buying stocks?

They had already missed the period of greatest profits.

Not long ago, they had finally made up their minds and bought some Southlands Development Company stock. And what happened?

It had initially risen beautifully, only to suddenly begin plummeting for reasons unknown.

It fell to an utterly outrageous extent.

Even now, it had not recovered much.

Some still had their funds trapped in it. Of course, many had already chosen to cut their losses, selling those stocks at a loss and putting their money into Steel Futures instead.