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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    4 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

  • switcheroo@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Once chucklefuck is gone (rest in piss), the chickens will come home to roost. All you dickless wonders will be indicted. Be ready to fined as high as it will fucking go or face jail tome-- hopefully both.

    Fuck the lot of you selfish ghouls for ruining our country.

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    7 hours ago

    I have half an idea here, but let’s say we eventually figure out President Joffrey is part of this. They’ll try some bullshit argument about “he gets away with it because he’s president” and fight about it in court. Fine. Loophole, courts will sort it out.

    What I’m interested in: Couldn’t the US government still seize the illicit money and force him to prove he earned it legally. They do that shit to other criminals in America. Why not use that legal concept on Mr Trump’s crime family?

    Use Trump’s money as leverage to get him to squeal on everyone else for criminal charges they all can eat.

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    11 hours ago

    Lol.

    Such a weak nation.

    Never in my wildest dreams did I think Americans would get walked all over like this.

    Right now I’m not seeing any other future for us than permanent subjugation.

    It’s almost like we enjoy the punishment.

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    14 hours ago

    The stock market is such a goddamn pyramid scheme. The only reason it hasn’t full on collapsed is because the people running the scam get bailed by US tax payers every time it breaks. Nevermind that they tricked us into tying our retirements into the continuous survival of this casino in a trench coat.