Amsterdam, as the most important financial center on the European Continent, not only hosts domestic capital but also attracts a large number of investors from Germany, France, Spain, and Italy.
Therefore, Amsterdam also draws major companies from across Europe seeking financing.
As England was the most industrialized nation, it was natural that many of its companies were listed here as well.
If the affair at the Cape of Good Hope could be used to inflame Dutch anti-British sentiment, it might well trigger a wave of capital flight, driving the value of these British companies to rock bottom.
The companies that could list in the Netherlands were usually large enterprises. Once the stock price crash reached England, chaos would certainly ensue.
Meanwhile, the funds withdrawn from British companies would be searching for new investment targets.
If those Rhineland companies could absorb even a third of these funds, their financing goals would be easily achieved.
