cwagner@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 10 个月前Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — studywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkHamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — studywww.timesofisrael.comcwagner@beehaw.org to World News@beehaw.org · 10 个月前message-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarei_ben_fine@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 个月前My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
minus-squarejarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 个月前Western, Eastern, Hamas… a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
minus-squarecwagner@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 个月前As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 个月前Yes, this was a sharp level of activity. Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don’t think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.
minus-squarecwagner@beehaw.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 个月前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”.
minus-squarei_ben_fine@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 个月前No, 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.
Yes, this was a sharp level of activity.
Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don’t think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.
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.