Another factor is technical: selling by investors hit with subprime mortgage losses who need to raise cash fast.
I do have this theory, though, about what caused this Groupocalypse -- and try to pay close attention here, because it might get a little technical: selling coupons is a shit business idea.
While the SPX is trading back above its November lows, it isn't far above these levels, and thus technical-based selling that could push the index down to the 725 area could occur early in the week.
City Index said a sell-off triggered by Twitter-reading algorithms could have been exacerbated by a different group of "technical" algorithms that sell once a currency falls below a certain level.
The hackers, Luigi Auriemma, 32, and Donato Ferrante, 28, sell technical details of such vulnerabilities to countries that want to break into the computer systems of foreign adversaries.
Computer Associates Training Computer Associates International NYSEE: CA) of Islandia is beginning an advanced training program for independent consultants with advanced technical skills who sell the company's products.
Many attributed the pace of the recent decline to "technical trading" where sell orders were placed automatically as markets fell, magnifying price swings.Most analysts are brushing off the mini-crash as a minor setback to the commodities bull market.
Next door, Mr. Hall said he and his wife, who works in the Nyack school district, do not have the time, inclination or technical expertise to sell their own house.
Besides the pharmaceutical industry, other for-profit companies could influence science, for example companies that sell technical equipment [ 18].
But technical skill isn't his selling point.
