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Archive for September 8th, 2008

UK technology … what a shame … here the LSE

Montag, September 8th, 2008

Between 9:15 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. GMT in London on Monday, trading was suspended after the exchange experiened “connectivity issues” … Other people say … as the exchange issued all day “stupid statements” … that the real issue was the “too high” volume … OOOPS The only thing left from the former(!) capital of trading [...]

The (misused) power of the internet … here UAL

Montag, September 8th, 2008

Today a 2nd tier newspaper had all of a sudden a six-year-old(!!!) story back on its website … About UAL going bankrupt (in 2002) … Bloomberg … how responsible … picked it up … it lit up on the screens and stock TANKED close to 76% before being halted … WOW As it was an [...]

Day 1 after the biggest (takeover) stupidity of all time …

Montag, September 8th, 2008

What happened today? Yes, we got the expected bounce in equities … and yes, it faded soon … we had a squeeze in the last hour … surely the PPT was involved The interesting thing seems to be … as so far nothing fundamental has changed yet … investors are just dashing to the sidelines, [...]