Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 2 ideas worth knowing

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Nearly $1 trillion vanished from the US stock market in 36 minutes
On 6 May 2010, the Dow Jones plunged almost 1,000 points and major stocks briefly traded for pennies before rebounding, all within about half an hour. Regulators eventually traced …
— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2010 flash crash
The stock market lost and regained almost a trillion dollars in 36 minutes
On May 6, 2010, US stock indices plunged nearly 10% and then recovered almost all of it within about half an hour, for reasons that took years to fully untangle. Automated high-fre…
— U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission & Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Findings Regarding the Market Events of May 6, 2010

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