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Follow the money! Highly unusual stock trades took place in the days before… #news #politics

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Follow the money. Days before the tower fell, extremely unusual stock trades were made on companies directly affected by the attack. For example, put options on American airlines despite over 285 times the normal trading volume and put options on United Airlines anchored to around 100 times the normal trading volume. These put options mean the more stock crashes, the more you profit. These options were placed only on airlines connected to the attacks. No other airlines saw the same increase. But what other companies did? Financial firms directly related to the World Trade Center. Morgan Stanley saw 80 times the normal put volume, 13th September 6th and 10th. In Maryland, saw around 25 times the increase over the same four days. But don't you stick my word for it. Out of the University of Illinois, Allen and Patishman published in the Journal of Business that options trading data from these days is consistent with investors having pre-existing knowledge. Out of the University of Zurich, researchers identified 13 abnormal trading events specifically controlled for hedging, meaning they ruled out normal risk management explanations. Then another study from Howard E. Thompson and a number of other researchers analyzed broader market behavior using the S&P 500 and found statistically significant spikes in fear indicators before the attacks that could not be explained. So three separate studies from respected research teams that all reached the same conclusion. This was not normal trading behavior. So who made these trades? Well, the majority went through the brokerage Alex Brown, a firm led by AB Crongard until 1997, who then became the executive director of the CIA by 2001. corruption report for more.