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Investigators cannot help but notice that no other airlines saw such trading in their put options.
Les enquêteurs constatent qu'aucune autre compagnie aérienne [que celles impliquées dans les attaques] n'a connu d'operations de ce genre
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"I saw put-call numbers higher than I've ever seen in 10 years of following the markets, particularly the options markets," John Kinnucan, a principal of Broadband Research, an independent telecommunications research firm, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "When one sees this type of activity, the first thing one does is ask oneself, 'What is the explanation? What are people worried about?' "
''J'ai vu des mouvements plus importants que ce que j'avais vu en 10 ans'' a déclaré (...)
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It was not just airlines that were targeted by remarkably canny investors. One of the biggest occupants of the World Trade Centre was Morgan Stanley, the investment bank. In the first week of September, an average of 27 put option contracts was bought each day in its shares. The total for the three days before the attacks was 2,157. Merrill Lynch, another WTC tenant, saw 12,215 put options bought in the four days before the attacks, when the previous days had seen averages of 252 contracts a day.
En ce qui concerne les banques d'investissement qui avaient leurs bureaux au WTC, Morgan Stanley a connu 2 157 options sur les trois jours qui ont précédé l'attaque au lieu des 27 quotidiennes. Merryl Lynch a vu 12 215 options mises sur les quatre derniers jours au lieu des 252 quotidiennes.
Tous ces mouvements sont bien évidemment totalement normaux, n'est-ce pas?
Tellement normaux que:
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The Chicago Board Options Exchange, the world's largest options market, said Tuesday it is investigating reports of unusual trading activity before last week's terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
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On Monday, Germany's stock market regulator said it was looking into claims of suspicious short-selling just before the Sept. 11 attacks.
Le Board de la bourse de Chicago et les autorités boursières allemandes ont lancé une enquête sur ces mouvements anormaux.
Voilà ce que l'on pouvait lire dans les journaux quelques jours après les événements...