--- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > The trading anomolies were in the options trading of the 2 airlines > involved in 9/11 hijackings. The data is easily available - I do > options trading for a living. I compared the options trading in the > relevant airlines the prior week to 9/11 to the prior year and it was > clearly statistically significant, no doubt about it, and it was all > predicting a downward movement, ie, purchase of put options. > > The government panel investigating 9/11 look at this issue and came > up with some reasons for the unusual trading - it being unusual > wasn't questioned. They didn't give enough info on the source > documents for me to find them and do my own analysis, but their > reasons seemed weak
Where did you find the reasons they gave? I was under the impression they'd just said there were explanations and left it at that. > for example they referred to an options newsletter that went bearish > on airlines that week, which would be relevant if all airlines saw > bearish trading, but only the 2 involved in 9/11 showed bearish > trading. There were some other weakass explanations as well. > > Though data on options trading is publicly available, info on the > accts involved in the trading is not and I'm not sure what they know > about the accts and account holders involved in the unusually high > volume trading. That to me is the key. Yes, of course it is. All the rest of the nonsense being argued here is just an attempt to distract attention from the real issue: Who was doing that trading? That's why I brought it up in the first place. What would the status be of the records that would show who was doing the trading? Who would have them, and what would be required to pry that information loose? It's potentially evidence of a crime, i.e., knowing the attacks were going to take place but not reporting that fact to the authorities. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
