Are we today witnessing the most blatant insider trading of bank shares ever?

2sides2everystory

That's the question.

I contend that since 2007 at least, the ups and downs and levels of bank shareprices mean nothing to the banks themselves other than as insider opportunities - they are their toy.

opinions4u

While I really shouldn't feed you so easily, please explain your point.

plunt

2sides2everystory wrote: »

That's the question.

I contend that since 2007 at least, the ups and downs and levels of bank shareprices mean nothing to the banks themselves other than as insider opportunities - they are their toy.

Please back with facts/further explanation. Also just out of curiosity did you have a short position open today....

qpop

Answer: No.

Next thread please

2sides2everystory

plunt wrote: »

Please back with facts/further explanation. Also just out of curiosity did you have a short position open today....

No I am not a player. I have seen enough to understand what the players look like and I am not content simply to put my finger in the air or anywhere else to feel their "wind" after the event and play for sloppy seconds. I don't need facts. I am just lending written words to what many people must be thinking.

Simply put, there was inside information available about the eurozone bailout many hours before markets opened. The banks were in the negotiations for Chrissakes !

On a normal day, who better to be in a position to manipulate their own shareprice than the banks themselves? I am not talking about manipulating news, I am simply talking about ability to manipulate their own shareprice. The constant flow of 24/7 "News" can then be used simply to hide the deed. Take your pick - must've been the swell of confidence in what Angela Merkel did yesterday, or it could have been the weather.

I saw how disinterested banks were in protecting their mere 'man in the street' shareholders in early 2009.

I formed the opinion long ago that unless it interferes with their insider plans to take a particular type of bath, some of our banks' shareprices can be as volatile as a piece of soap in the shower.

But some of the trading volumes today suggest that the wink was tipped all over the City.

opinions4u

the trading volumes today suggest that the wink was tipped all over the City

Or simply that the remarkably low bank shareprices, depressed in part by Eurozone uncertainty, bounced a little due to an apparent level of certainty.

If the meeting had failed the shareprices would have gone down.

Large share transactions are public records. Can you identify any that look suspicious?

qpop

2sides2everystory wrote: »

I don't need facts.

Unfortunately this statement overrides anything else you may feel you want to say.

But remember, you aren't paranoid, they really are out to get you.



Opinions4u - The trolls are well-fed this week, no need to make them fatter.

Ark_Welder

2sides2everystory wrote: »

I don't need facts.

You only need fictions

2sides2everystory

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500

Ark_Welder

The super-conected orb of dots is pretty.

Onawingandaprayer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1872354,00.html