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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:12 PM Original message |
Stock opens at about $42...then trades down to one cent...then closes at about $41 |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. The whole country as become one big fat, but very sad, joke. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. It's institutional wealth redistribution. Massive money changed hands today |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. YES. And this is so much more important than anything |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stock market is a global lottery where those completing transactions make millions and with inside |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Yep, that's the truth. It is all about wealth redistribution. The market is completely manipulated |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. This was the best explanation I have heard yet: |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I agree |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Computerized trading run amok |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Bingo. High Frequency Trading is an eocnomic weapon of mass destruction. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Your stack example illustrated the process very well |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think timelimit curbs and taxation would eliminate it completely. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. And as an added benefit, an FTT would bring in a tidy sum to the treasury |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder if anyone caught the error ahead of correction, and made a bundle? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Note to self |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. What is even more amazing is they said the system performed as it should |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was rather obviously an error. |
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elfin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
8. Somebody probably made some very serious money today |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. A giant clusterfuck because of pushing the wrong key... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was a bug. They fixed it. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Time to go back to the curb |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. The official explanation is pretty much the only way this can happen. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Heh, I used to work for Accenture when it was known as Andersen Consulting |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. So... does that mean that catching it at a few cents... |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well lets see... |
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greencharlie (827 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. and what... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And that, my friend, is why Corporate Capitalism is a scam. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. You DO remember taht Accenture is the new name for |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wall Street is a giant casino full of stolen wealth. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. Someone saw a crack in the dam. |
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taught_me_patience (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. These trades will be cancelled. n/t |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
31. There was such a big order that it wiped out all the bids orders |
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