How a broker spent $520m in a drunken stupor and moved the global oil price
july 2010 by andrewspittle
"PVM Oil Futures trader Steve Perkins bought 7m barrels of crude in late-night trading binge on his laptop, driving the oil price to an eight-month high."
business
oil
stockmarket
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Monsters in the Market
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The SEC is working harder to understand and regulate the impacts made upon financial markets by algorithmic trading.
SEC
business
stockmarket
economy
theatlantic
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Interesting feature story from the New York Times about the SEC and its prosecution of a 15-year-old for illegal stock practices. Sounds more like the SEC was just scared of the foundations for its authority.
SEC
business
stockmarket
NYTimes
crime
may 2010 by andrewspittle
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