At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

    • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      so far

      Yup. Pandora’s Box is open now. Going forward every conservative grifter is going to acknowledge what Trump got away with and attempt to get away with as much and more. Why wouldn’t they? They’ll want their turn at the grift so they can create their own dynasty using America’s wealth.

      We’re cooked. Our system is weak.