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He called Elena on the private channel. "Your bond shorts. You're levered."

"No," he said. "That's the part you can't reference. That's the part you have to live." He called Elena on the private channel

This was the dilemma. The book had called it liquidity risk versus market risk . In theory, they were separate. In practice, they were conjoined twins, and one was about to die. 06:00 GMT. Tokyo Opens. "That's the part you can't reference

"Unwind half. Now. I'm seeing a margin spike at 6 a.m. when Tokyo opens." In theory, they were separate

"Then you know what this is," Marcus said. "It's not a blip. It's a break."

At the precise moment the London and New York sessions overlapped, a statement hit the wires: the central bank would expand its repurchase agreement facility, accepting lower-quality collateral. It was a classic intervention—the lender of last resort, prying open the frozen plumbing.