It would have found speculators trying to corner the tulip market.
Echoing many European leaders who have attacked speculators over the past week, Mr. Borg warned that volatility in markets could "tear the weaker countries apart".
America's politicians are not the only ones to have fingered speculators for the feverish rise in the price of oil and other raw materials.
Regulators have blamed speculators and their trades in naked CDSs for exacerbating the problems faced by Greece and increasing its borrowing costs.
Some European governments have blamed speculators and excessive trading for exaggerating the swings in financial markets during the 2008 crash and the recent eurozone crisis.
To be sure, tighter credit and higher property sales taxes have hit speculators and hurt prices at the low end, especially in the first half of the year.
First, many owners don't have a speculator's sense of urgency.
Most south Florida speculators have been selling to other speculators, he says.
