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Wednesday, 24 April 2013

How to make a fortune short-selling

Posted on 21:56 by Unknown
A hacker got into the AP's Twitter account and spread a false story that the White House had been bombed. The stock market took an immediate 100 point dive. It picked up again very quickly, of course...but during that brief period, a short seller could have made a fortune.
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