MISSING 9/11 Investigation - the Stock Market and who made $$$$$

[jackstraw45]

Interesting that the feds can investigate, charge, try and convict Martha Stewart over a relatively small stock trade, illegal as it may be.

But I haven't seen any major investigation into the suspicious stock activity relating to airlines, etc. before 9/11.

Is it because the BFEE made the profits? Or the Saudis?

One would think that those making big bucks ahead of that "shared experience" would be interesting targets of investigation...

"On 6 and 7 September, the Chicago Board Options Exchange handled 4,744 put options for United Airlines' stock, translating into 474,000 shares, compared with just 396 call options, or 39,600 shares. On a day that the put-to-call ratio should have been roughly 1:1 (no negative news stories about United had broken), it was instead 12:1.

On 10 September, another uneventful news day, American Airlines' option volume was 4,516 puts and 748 calls, a ratio of 6:1 on yet another day when by rights these options should have been trading even.

No other airline stocks were affected — only United and American were shorted in this fashion.

Accelerated investments speculating a downturn in the value of Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch (two New York investment firms severely damaged by the World Trade Center attack) were also observed. "

from http://www.snopes.com/rumors/putcall.htm