Video: BBC speechless as trader predicts global financial collapse – ‘Goldman Sachs rules the world’
BBC Speechless As Trader Alessio Rastani Tells Truth, Collapse Coming, Goldman Rules World
UPDATE: Trader’s Goldman Sachs comments spark BBC hoax claims By John Plunkett, Tara Conlan and Oliver Laughland, www.guardian.co.uk
27 September 2011 He caused outrage with his comments on the global economic meltdown claiming “governments don’t rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world”. But is independent stock market trader Alessio Rastani, interviewed on the BBC News channel on Monday, all he appears to be? Twitter was alive with suggestions that Rastani was in fact one of the “Yes Men”, a band of “identity correction” artists who pass themselves off as the corporations you love to hate. When asked by the Guardian, via email, to respond to the allegation that he a member of the prank group, Rastani chose his words carefully. But the BBC‘s own investigation has concluded that Rastani is authentic. […] Rastani told BBC News he had been “dreaming of this moment for three years … I go to bed every night and I dream of another recession”. There is no individual registered with the Financial Services Authority under the name Alessio Rastani. But a Twitter feed, using the name Alessio Rastani, appears convincing and dates back more than a year. Rastani has a website, leadingtrader.com. The contact page, however, did not load, repeating an error message that it “could not establish a database connection”. The Yes Men featured in a 2003 documentary, The Yes Men Fix The World, the subject of this interview with one of their number, Andy Bichlbaum. A BBC spokesman said: “We’ve carried out detailed investigations and can’t find any evidence to suggest that the interview with Alessio Rastani was a hoax. He is an independent market trader and one of a range of voices we’ve had on air to talk about the recession.” The Guardian contacted Rastani and asked he if was aware of the rumours about his identity circulating online. Rastani said he knew of the allegations but declined to comment on whether they were true, adding: “Conspiracy theories, eh!” […]
Heh, more (economic) doomer porn:
http://www.fourhorsemenfilm.com/
and then there's my very own!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD5z4x5tH1o&feature=player_embedded
Welcome to reality all of you cock starved enslaving parasites?
Want to eat my marinated rectal residue?
I believe the trader was mixing his trader's bravado with around 1%-2% of a belief that he might be able to help a few people dip into the short-trading cornucopia that's coming.
Timing the collapse for the purpose of short trading is luck. If he knows of any long range options that are affordable to the average bozo, have him call me. I'll keep his advice between us.