AP Twitter hacked: "Barack Obama Injured", Market Crashed - Polidicks

That settles it. The stock market is controlled by lemmings on crack.

The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility. If true, then it wasn't a attack motivated by dosh.

[QUOTE=laserguided;40392321]The Syrian Electronic Army claimed responsibility. If true, then it wasn't a attack motivated by dosh.[/QUOTE] Source?

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;40390966]Sounds like pretty smooth way of making dough. Commission somebody to release a solid enough alarming news (in this case somebody hacking AP), and buy the stocks once they plummet.[/QUOTE] Don't buy it once it's low, just shortsell it and wait. Edit: This would work well if it were true news. if it's just a fake news thing, buy it once it drops.

[QUOTE=Psychokitten;40392331]Source?[/QUOTE] The article.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;40392392]Don't buy it once it's low, just shortsell it and wait.[/QUOTE] um

I think it was a addition to the article, but anyways, I'm convinced. [editline]23rd April 2013[/editline] my automerge

[QUOTE=laserguided;40392442]The article.[/QUOTE] Ah. Must have missed.

[url]https://twitter.com/Official_SEA6[/url] They basically go around stirring shit up for the cause. [img]http://i.imgur.com/DKdyPzz.png[/img]

How do you even buy stock? I don't know how the stock market works at all.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;40392392]Don't buy it once it's low, just shortsell it and wait.[/QUOTE]Isn't that a terrible idea since unless it's a sinking ship you're going to lose money?

[QUOTE=garychencool;40392281]This is an accurate representation of the stock market and[/QUOTE] And what?

Just shows how fucked up the stock market is if any little thing can make it crash like that.

[QUOTE=Eltro102;40392466]um[/QUOTE] Meaning you get the money out of the market now, and then pick it back up when you can plan it. [editline]23rd April 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Jad Hinto;40392663]Isn't that a terrible idea since unless it's a sinking ship you're going to lose money?[/QUOTE] If this is something people are planning to sabotage the market by, then I would think it would work out. Though given the kind of rebound rate this type of event had, you have a small window. Depends what kind of thing people are planning on pushing into the news feeds I guess. Though if the plan was to release fake news, then the rebound will likely be fast and to normal so probably buying when low would be a good idea. But if it's true news or something like whistle blowing, then I think shortselling would work good there.

[QUOTE=Dukov Traboski;40390952]Imagine, like knowing this would happen and buying as much as you could when it dropped, then selling right as it went back up.[/QUOTE] This is done more often than you think (to lesser extents), it's just doesn't make news.

[QUOTE=Brt5470;40393014]Meaning you get the money out of the market now, and then pick it back up when you can plan it. [/QUOTE] psst this is a thing you do when you know the market will go down in the future

[QUOTE=Eltro102;40393120]psst this is a thing you do when you know the market will go down in the future[/QUOTE] Which I should have said earlier, It depends on what you're planning on releasing. if you say the president got injured which can pretty quickly be verified, but if it's something like a reported oil catastrophe or something that takes some time, it will take some time for it to come back up.

People are so twitchy they have to use machines to be twitchy for them

[QUOTE=Scotchair;40392095]This might be really stupid... but I don't quite understand how a potential explosion at the whitehouse has such a dramatic effect on the stock market. Can somebody enlighten me?[/QUOTE] It could mean closure of trade with some nations, problematic diplomatic ties with others, a lot of executive sitting down since it cannot act without presidential orders for a while and a slew of other stuff.

just goes to show how much of fucking retards people are for blindly believing something on the internet.

I wonder if arms manufacturer stock shot up

that reaction clearly was done by automated stock-bots that are programed to sell when strange news comes out, it crashed for less than 1 minute, too fast for real traders

[QUOTE=Dlaor-guy;40392691]And what?[/QUOTE] Yes

account suspended :v:

[QUOTE=Gustafa;40392630]How do you even buy stock? I don't know how the stock market works at all.[/QUOTE] People sell at certain values, and people put up offers to buy when a stock hits a certain value. Most sales are automated due to these preset offers, while there are those that trade manually by following the news and such. You can buy stock either in person at an exchange or online from the comfort of your own home.

How to crash the worlds economy, 1. Hack major news sites 2. Change news to show nuclear explosion in Pakistan, and reports of missles launched 3. Watch the world burn

For every one saying "how amazing it would be to buy those stocks when it dropped and sell them right as it jumped back up" if you had $14,560 to buy just ONE stock, you would have made a grand $250. Not that much in proportion to the cost of the stock its self.

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;40391191]Only problem being some overwatch probably going to beat down everyone who buys during that time.[/QUOTE] As long as you didn't cause it there is nothing wrong with buying stock if it happens. If you cause it and buy stock I am pretty sure its insider trading.