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Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> writes:
> they bet on the change ... and many go to a great deal of trouble to
> make sure the change is the way they are betting. modern computerized
> high-frequency trading has greatly exacerbated it ... but it was going
> before ... before HFT really kicks in, admitting it was illegal but
> didn't have anything to worry about from the regulators
> http://nypost.com/2007/03/20/cramer-reveals-a-bit-too-much/

re:
http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2015g.html#46 seveneves

from today:

What If The "Crash" Is As Rigged As Everything Else?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-26/what-if-crash-rigged-everything-else

There is an almost touching faith that markets are rigged when they loft
higher, but unrigged when they crash. Who's to say this crash isn't
rigged? A few things about this "crash" (11% decline from all time highs
now qualifies as a "crash") don't pass the sniff test.

...

Why would "somebody" engineer a mini-crash and send volatility to "the
world is ending" levels? There are a couple of possibilities.

...

Take your pick--here's three good reasons to engineer a "crash" that
benefits the few at the expense of the many.

... snip ...

for another take on how peverted the regulators have become

Banks Get Credit for Helping the Poor -- By Financing Their Evictions?
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/08/24/banks-get-credit-helping-poor-financing-evictions/

-- 
virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970

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seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-23 17:40 +0000
  Re: seveneves mentificium@gmail.com - 2015-08-23 14:12 -0700
  Re: seveneves Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-08-24 01:44 -0300
    Re: seveneves Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-08-24 10:35 +0200
      Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 09:26 +0000
        Re: seveneves Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-08-24 14:11 +0100
          Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-25 12:42 +0000
            Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-26 11:11 +0100
              Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-26 12:03 +0000
                Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 10:09 +0100
                Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-27 13:40 +0000
                Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-28 11:52 +0100
                Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-28 13:31 +0000
                Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-28 14:23 +0000
        Re: seveneves Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-08-24 14:50 -0300
          Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 19:48 +0000
            Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-24 20:42 +0000
              Re: seveneves Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-08-25 02:17 -0300
              Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-25 08:54 +0000
      Re: seveneves scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-08-24 14:07 +0000
        Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 19:31 +0000
          Re: seveneves scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-08-24 19:54 +0000
      Re: seveneves JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 10:27 -0500
    Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 09:22 +0000
      Re: seveneves "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-08-25 16:22 -0500
        Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-26 07:52 +0000
          Re: seveneves Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-08-26 09:30 +0100
            Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 10:12 +0000
              Re: seveneves Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-08-26 12:42 +0100
                Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 12:15 +0000
                Re: seveneves lawrence@cluon.com - 2015-08-26 16:52 +0200
                Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-27 13:40 +0000
                Re: seveneves "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 05:21 +1000
              Re: seveneves Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2015-08-26 13:59 +0100
                Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 13:20 +0000
                Re: seveneves Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-08-26 14:54 +0100
                Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 14:37 +0000
                Re: seveneves Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2015-08-26 16:08 +0000
          Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-26 07:10 -0700
            Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-26 07:54 -0700
            Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-26 08:10 -0700
              Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-26 17:15 +0000
                Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-26 11:57 -0700
                Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-26 12:25 -0700
            Re: seveneves Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2015-08-27 16:05 -0700
    Re: seveneves "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-08-25 16:18 -0500
      Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-26 02:09 -0400
        Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 08:42 +0100
          Re: seveneves Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-08-27 09:18 +0000
            Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 14:30 +0100
              Re: seveneves Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-08-27 23:39 -0300
                Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-28 13:31 +0000
                Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 11:45 -0400
                Re: seveneves Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-08-28 12:15 -0400
                Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 13:09 -0400
          Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-27 20:20 +0000
            Re: seveneves Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-28 20:41 -0700
              Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-29 09:32 -0400
    Re: seveneves Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-08-26 16:26 +0000
  Re: seveneves Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2015-08-25 15:55 -0400

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