Paul A Myers

Fast Money and French Ladies Paul A Myers

June 2015 - The Greek prime minister calls for a referendum to reject the harsh austerity terms demanded by the European Union for a bailout of the crushed Greek economy. The EU cuts off the banks and Greeks line up at the ATMs to grab all the cash they can. Massive street demonstrations in Athens protest the "Fourth Reich" being imposed from Berlin. Deputy European finance commissioner Sophie d'Auverne rushes to Berlin to meet with top German leaders. Meanwhile her American boyfriend Jim returns to Geneva to find that his hedge fund suddenly went long billions in Greek bonds due to a rogue computer program. Sophie embarks on a week of hidden diplomacy culminating in a grand compromise at an all-night summit meeting in Brussels. Unknown to her, Jim's hedge fund has a spy high in the French government tipping Jim to market-moving developments.