And so yet another saga of a trader who bet on AAPL rising, just before it
tumbled, ends in tears, this time with what appears to be near certain
incarceration of another small, 2-bit trader. As previously reported, back in
November, as AAPL stock was in free-fall, none other than Rochdale Securities ended up being a proud if
involuntary holder of nearly $1 billion in AAPL stock. The scapegoat
for AAPL's price drop: one ex-trader David Miller. What Miller is accused
of, is buying 1.6 million shares of AAPL on the day of the company's last
earnings announcement in hopes, of course, the stock would surge. It didn't.
Furthermore, Miller was in reality executing a trade for a client who had only
wanted to buy 1,625 shares, but Miller was confident enough the stock would go
up, he bet the firm's money to buy the difference. Sadly, neither the AAPL
earnings announcement, nor its stock price, did quite as planned. End result: $5
million loss, Miller terminated and now arrested and charged, and Rochdale left
scrambling for a bailout.
I guess I´ve been desensitized to amounts of money such as $5 million. When
you hear nothing but billions and trillions as the new norm for everything from
deficits to debt levels, takeovers to blown IPO´s and of course the famous
national debt and the uncovered liabilities, $5 million sounds almost comical.
Meanwhile, Jon Corzine is free and laughing. In this environment I wouldn't
be surprised if Obama appointed Corzine as a cabinet member. Turbo Timmy didn't
didn't pay SS and Medicare taxes for three
years until he got caught. Can't
stop having cheats and criminals in charge of US money now can we?
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