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"Trump’s sudden climb-down [from his threat to bomb Iranian power plants] was startling. Who could have seen this coming?

The answer is, the person or people who bought large quantities of stock market futures and sold large quantities of oil futures around 15 minutes before Trump’s announcement."

~ Paul Krugman

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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in-the-futures-markets

Treason in the Futures Markets

People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"This 'sharp and isolated jump in volume' — which you can see for the oil futures market in the chart at the top of this post — was especially bizarre because there were no major news items — no major publicly available news items — to drive sudden big market transactions. The story would be baffling, except that there’s an obvious explanation:"

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 5 days ago

"Somebody close to Trump knew what he was about to do, and exploited that inside information to make huge, instant profits."

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