Weirdest Saddam Hussein reference yet.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

I work in a brokerage, so there's always a large amount of corporate reports, market newsletters and tip-sheets around. One of them this morning struck me as being totally surreal. It's a one page tip sheet about stocks. The first two paragraphs are perfectly normal comment on risers in the TSE or Dow, and then there's a little gap followed by - in huge letters - WE GOT HIM!!!!!!! after which it returns to market information with absolutely no acknowledgement of the huge print in the middle of the sheet.
What does Saddam's capture have to do with the market? There was no great rally yesterday, the impact was not negligible it was absolutely non-existent. What my dad had for lunch last tuesday has more impact on the stock market compared to an old man they found in a hole in a ditch (who incidentally it took eight months to find, what's with that - but I digress). This madness is spreading!

[brainshrub]

1. That was a blatent attempt to manipulate the stock market.

There should be an investigation.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

2. Bingo! and it wasn't an isolated event either, I've two or three today.

[brainshrub]

4. Could you post those memos somewhere?

I will host them on my site. I think that kind of info needs to go public.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

5. That would be dodgy, I'd have to get it from one of the brokers desks

If I can find out the name of the company, they've probably got it on their website.

[brainshrub]

7. Well, don't do anything that will get you in trouble. (nt)

[YNGW]

3. I dunno

Something tells me a headline of "WE GOT HIM!!!!!!! " when refering to Saddam Hussein carries more weight than "DAD ATE A BALONEY SANDWICH !!!!!!!!" regardless of the publication.

Maybe it's me.

[lpbk2713]

6. It was a knee-jerk reaction.

Like a hiccup, it just couldn't have been avoided.