I had been staring at the monitor for two days, and my eyes couldn’t stand the fatigue anymore. The monitors’ backlight and the text on the printed data documents were doing a merry-go-round in my brain. It was primarily because I had not slept at all since I arrived in Seoul, so I naturally yawned when I stretched my arms. I looked at the monitor again.

“I should prepare this as quickly as possible…” I muttered.

The two markets had the biggest up-phase from the moment the dotcom bubble burst to 2008. Although there would be a slight difference in timing and duration, the major trend would remain unchanged. Prices of real estate and oil would rise beyond reason. It took me time to draft the investment proposal because I had to mention 9.11 terrorism and the Iraq war to explain the process of the oil market’s massive growth. But, how could I write that down now. It was only January of 2000,...