Someone knows who was shorting what, by how much/day and the source of the trasnactions. THis started at approximately 11 am on 9.11, when it would have been 9 pm in Paki/India.
Naked shorting was occurring.
I read in several postings that said short selling originated overseas.
Kicking over the dominos needed to start a major financial event in september rather than later is exactly the sort of thing I would expect from soros. How hard would it be to drive up cds prices on lehman, aig, and other firms, while shorting every share you could get, if you have access to very substantial capital?
The US financial system was/is vulnerable anyway, but he may have been in a position to impact the timing of inevitable serious problems, and thus the election outcome.