Markets need to operate without the influence of traders merely trying to prey upon infinitesimal market movements".
That means the bombers may have had a domestic agenda, too.Politics and religion in South-East Asia are a complex tapestry woven over the centuries by the influence of traders, immigrants and colonialists from China, South Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
Islam was first adopted by Indonesians in northern Sumatra in the 13th century, through the influence of traders, and became the country's dominant religion by the 16th century.
All those influences of traders and invaders did not catapult the cuisine into the ranks of the world's greatest, especially compared with Thai or Chinese cooking.
The previous year, the British Bankers Associationn had laid down new guidelines about how banks should submit their Libor rates, in order to ensure that they were not influenced by traders.
Rising Influence of Noise Traders: Noise traders, who make investment decisions based on noise and have no regard for fundamentals, are an increasingly influential force in today's market.
With no economic news to influence the market, traders focused on the impending auctions.
But it is also reasonable to predict that the influence of prop traders, which has grown steadily since the 1980s, will now recede.
As such players have grown, the influence of commercial traders, like food producers and airlines that use the commodities markets to hedge against price swings, has declined.
Local and foreign officials cite a power vacuum and lack of central government control in many places, as well as poverty and the influence of drug traders and militant groups for the increase in illegal production.
