--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > $28 million would be a snivel. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not for the terrorists or whoever was involved in financing > them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, it would have. Bin Laden is from a family worth at least > $1 > > > billion. Osama financed alot of Al-Quada's operations himself > from > > > the many millions he had. One can assume he had at least > > rudimentary > > > knowledge of finances and investing and one doesn't have to know > > much > > > to know about put options and what they can do for you. > > > > > > > Bin Laden himself was worth about $100 million at that point. $28 > > percent of his total worth wasn't chicken feed. ALso, we don't > know > > how much money was actually involved --assuming that there was a > > genuine issue to discuss of course. > > > > > Well, I think it was Judy that told us that 100s of times more than > usual volume of put options were bought. > > If that was the case and the terrorists bought them, well, Spare > Egg, it wouldn't be the piddling $28 million earned but many, many > times more. > > You need to educate yourself on how put and call options work...do > you know? >
Never used them. I personally don't care either way at this point, unless there's evidence of some nastiness going on that needs to be revealed. However, you've been raising points that I think aren't as solid as you seem to think they are, such as the claim that $28 million wouldn't have been worthit for Bin Laden. Perhaps he wanted to make SOME profit without raising TOO many red flags, or perhaps he wasn't certain that the attacks would work, so why bet his entire fortune, and so on. Lots of possible explanations for why only $28 million was involved, assuming that it was only 28 million, and assumingthat there'sanything to the storyin the first place, etc. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
