Geithner made it clear that AIG wrecked itself by reckless trading behavior.

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Trouble is, this is the first time anything had been done, even though Leong Hin's stock had been exhibiting suspicious trading behavior for more than a year and a half--rising and falling over roughly six-month cycles by almost identical amounts, regardless of movements in the local market and with little news from the company.

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Once the traders find that compliance can monitor in real time, that changes the behavior of the entire trading floor.

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Once prices break either up or down from the trading range, an increase in volume will validate or confirm the price behavior.

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In addition to jumping on such a slow trading day, the move was also atypical of the fund's recent behavior.

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However, potential risks include controlling unexpected behavior by these high-tech programs as well as auditing the trading patterns of algorithmic techniques.

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In my view, investor behavior over the past several years was dominated by short holding periods and trading actions triggered more by near-term concerns rather than long-term prospects.

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The current market behavior confirms that there is a lack of liquidity and that the markets are not trading on real fundamentals.

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As long as a proper cap is in place that creates a value for environmental scarcity, carbon trading can be very effective in redirecting investments towards lower-carbon activities and in making human behavior more environmentally sustainable.

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