This was obvious - the Chinese market was crashing the night before. In normal market conditions this SHOULD have caused the NYSE to drop significantly. In fact, it was about to open down several %, before the plug was pulled, probably to prevent just that.
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Empire_of_the_mind ago
This was obvious - the Chinese market was crashing the night before. In normal market conditions this SHOULD have caused the NYSE to drop significantly. In fact, it was about to open down several %, before the plug was pulled, probably to prevent just that.
flyawayhigh ago
That certainly is plausible. That seems to imply that someone engaged the kill switch and was not truthful about it.
Empire_of_the_mind ago
Oh, here's video now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipi250eTCeg&feature=youtu.be
flyawayhigh ago
Good catch!