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Patches
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&si d=aQKbTm0qCY0c&pos=1

By Elizabeth Stanton

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- NYSE Euronext said “there were a number of erroneous trades” during an almost 1,000-point plunge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

“There were a number of erroneous trades,” said NYSE spokesman Rich Adamonis. “Our guys just told me Nasdaq is investigating the erroneous trades. What happened today in P&G for instance, the bad print was on Nasdaq, not here,” he said, referring to a 37 percent plunge in Procter & Gamble Co.

The Nasdaq said it is investigating the plunge.

Last Updated: May 6, 2010 15:57 EDT

(No more Retirement?)
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 04:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Blame the Greeks.
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Iamike
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 05:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Those darn Greeks, they should go back to where they came from!
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Court
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 09:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ya'll buy all the Acenture you could while it was a "penny stock" . . $0.01?

Be mindful that the "trading mistake" mask a far bigger problem . . .the Dow was in deep shit today before the "mistake".
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Radioelasais
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Those darn Greeks, they should go back to where they came from!

I am under the impression they never moved from Greece. "Damn banks, subprimes and credit crunch" might say someone else.

Gianluca}
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Reepicheep
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 10:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Gotta be more to that story...

Yikes. Speaking as a professional hairball unwinder... I wonder how they will unwind *that* hairball.
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Iamike
Posted on Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I hope you realize I had my tongue in cheek.

That is a comment made about immigrants often.
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Boogiman1981
Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 01:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

'erroneous trades' wtf does that mean? 1000 points? sheesh good thing im to poor to notice right now sorry for those of you that aren't
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Friday, May 07, 2010 - 04:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"You can trust us, in the financial markets, you really can.
We've put our house in order now with strict controls & regulation, it's a foolproof system.
What's that?
Oh that over there, oh thats nothing, just some erroneous trades. Nothing to worry about."


Erroneous trade = Fraud.

It's just a nice euphemism to avoid being lynched by the general public.


It's like "The off duty Officer was not speeding, he had an erroneous velocity rate."

You see, it works like this, something happens and.....

Scenario A.
You're Joe Public & you're not connected.

It's reprehensible, immoral & illegal & you have to go to jail for a long long time, "To protect society".

Scenario B.
You're in the loop, hooked up, connected, protected.

It's a regrettable error due to unforseen circumstances caused by erroneous somethingorother. You'll have to resign "For the sake of the Company" (but don't worry there's a cracking severance package & we'll make you CEO of of the next firm we take over)



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