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.

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    I wonder why our representatives get so rich on such a small salary? …and not just them, but their families, too! It’s like they’ve won the lottery.

    It’s so weird. Oh well, I guess we will never know