Flash Crash Again?

• Zeke

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  Posted: 31 August 2010 12:06 AM

  This is an extremely interesting analysis of what happened during the Flash Crash.  It looks like it was done intentionally to snipe profits between exchanges and could be done again at any time:

  http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/26511/

  Follow the link to the Forbes article in this story.  The SEC and the exchanges need to act now.

       

• asymco

  

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  Posted: 31 August 2010 04:51 AM #1

  Fascinating and very believable. Doubt that the SEC will do anything for a long time.

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• Hamourabi

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  Posted: 31 August 2010 06:46 AM #2

  Bernanke should be allowed to buy stock