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submitted 11 months ago by cwagner@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@beehaw.org 20 points 11 months ago

I guarantee you every member of Congress used their classified briefings on Israel to make changes in their stock portfolio, and it's not even illegal.

[-] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Western, Eastern, Hamas... a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.

[-] cwagner@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.

[-] livus@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] cwagner@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

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".

[-] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

No, it was just commentators. They saw "unknown trader" and filled in their own biases.

[-] gribodyr@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

How dare you convict the Palestinian rebels!? /s

[-] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

If you're trying to make a statement about Palestinian sympathizers, you're off the mark. Few people are defending Hamas' attacks, but there are a lot of people criticizing Israel's war crimes.

[-] IsBisexual@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

This article title is very misleading (not unexpected given to he source). It is better to read the original study.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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