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Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study

www.timesofisrael.com Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study

Researchers find 'significant' spike in short-selling of Israeli stocks in period leading up to massacre, including 'exceptional' activity on October 2

Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.

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I guarantee you every member of Congress used their classified briefings on Israel to make changes in their stock portfolio, and it's not even illegal.
My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.
- Western, Eastern, Hamas... a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.
  
  As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.
- Do you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises "how" and "who".
  
  No, it was just commentators. They saw "unknown trader" and filled in their own biases.
How dare you convict the Palestinian rebels!? /s
- If you're trying to make a statement about Palestinian sympathizers, you're off the mark. Few people are defending Hamas' attacks, but there are a lot of people criticizing Israel's war crimes.
This article title is very misleading (not unexpected given to he source). It is better to read the original study.

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