Via Reuters: Somebody’s sure to notice this…
A Taiwan stock trader mistakenly bought T$7.9 billion ($251 million) worth of shares with a mis-stroke of her computer, meaning her company is looking at a paper loss of more than $12 million and she is looking for a new job.The trader with Fubon Securities mis-keyed in a small order from Merrill Lynch Monday, creating confusion when many small firms inexplicably surged the 7 percent trading limit.
“Something like this is difficult to explain to superiors,” a Fubon executive said Tuesday.
No joke.
Will they take it out of her pay?
Comment by Gary and the Samoyeds — Wednesday, June 29, 2024 @ 1:03 pm
The joy of computers: Not only can you now screw up at the speed of light (OK, electrons), but you can do it at a magnitude heretofore unimagined!
Comment by Terry — Wednesday, June 29, 2024 @ 7:19 pm