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- Subject: Re: ints in the news
- From: Rena <hyperhacker@...>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:43:11 -0500
On 2012-11-29 10:26 PM, "Jay Carlson" <nop@nop.com> wrote:
>
> Swedish Exchange paralyzed by buy order for "-6 stocks"
> ...interpreted as 4,294,967,290.
>
> Monsterorder stoppade börsen
> http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/nyheter/sverige/monsterorder-stoppade-borsen_7708362.svd
>
> http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.svd.se%2Fnaringsliv%2Fnyheter%2Fsverige%2Fmonsterorder-stoppade-borsen_7708362.svd&act=url
>
> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4846626
>
>
>
Hmm, someone wanted to buy -6 stocks? Was that a typo, a misunderstanding of how to sell, or a deliberate act to see what happens? Or was 4.3 billion interpreted as -6?
