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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:05 AM Original message |
Goldman Sachs Sells 4.68 Million Shares of BP Days before Deepwater Explosion |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. well, I sure as hell dont trust Goldman Sachs. makes you wonder. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It doesnt make me wonder a single bit. The market is rigged. nm |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Personally, I'd rather invest in lottery tickets. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Agree. nm |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wasn't there was some weirdness regarding some airlines' stock |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. sure was. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Good thing we got to the bottom of that and found out who was behind it. |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. important news - keeping it kicked |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
20. K&R n/t Suspicious |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. What do they do...make their transactions retroactive? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. It'd be interesting who was shorting BP. nm |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. How significant is it? I don't now much about stocks at all... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. Off to the store for some reynolds wrap |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. a bit of insider trading. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. There are reports of trouble at the wellhead a couple of weeks before. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. they knew they had trouble with this well for a while before the blowout. |
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Frustratedlady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Bingo! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. theme for a thriller -- "real life" corporate "shorting" |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. I think that might be it, nashville brook. n/t |
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rudy23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. At least Halliburton was the last company to touch the rig---that should ease your mind. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Halliburton always seems to leave unscathed. Please not this time... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm sure The Commission will get to the bottom of this and find |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. seems like they would have been SHORTING the stock |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Right, they would've made more money going the other way |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. This is the correct answer. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Maybe that would have looked too obvious. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe they'll split off the US operations and the rest will be acquired by a sovereign oil company |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. Just a coinky dink. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Wow, looks like they sold for $59 per share back in january... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. Knowing how many shortcuts BP was given allowance for in this misadventure, it makes sense. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. Just a coincidence -- nothing to see here -- move on -- return to your homes. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. WOW...very strange and supicious. I guess it could be a coincidence |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. Other institutions bought millions of shares too |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. You're right, nothing out of the ordinary for Goldman Sachs. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Things that make you go Hmmm. |
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GReedDiamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. Goldman Sachs - Disaster Capitalists Extraordinaire! - k&r, n/t |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
36. n/t |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-02-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
37. 4.68 million shares at about 60 bucks a share is in the ball park of $250 million |
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