▲ 816 ▼ Minutes before Trump's announcement, $800 million in trades made on oil prices (www.9news.com.au) submitted 5 months ago by Substance_P@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 114 comments fedilink hide all child comments At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market. 6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures. But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 86 points 5 months ago (2 children) "Traders"... oh that's strange, they misspelled traitors permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 months ago Did you say "bets"? Wait nevermind, if you know the outcome it's not a bet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 15 points 5 months ago (1 child) Those two words sound the same in many American accents, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Very similar, yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AlsaValderaan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 months ago Did you say "bets"? Wait nevermind, if you know the outcome it's not a bet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 15 points 5 months ago (1 child) Those two words sound the same in many American accents, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Very similar, yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago Very similar, yes permalink fedilink source parent