cwagner@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 11 months agoHamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — studywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkHamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — studywww.timesofisrael.comcwagner@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 11 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarei_ben_fine@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoMy first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWestern, Eastern, Hamas… a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
minus-squarecwagner@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoAs was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
minus-squarecwagner@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoDo you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises “how” and “who”.
minus-squarei_ben_fine@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoNo, it was just commentators. They saw “unknown trader” and filled in their own biases.
My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
Western, Eastern, Hamas… a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
Do you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises “how” and “who”.
No, it was just commentators. They saw “unknown trader” and filled in their own biases.