Blood on the Trading Floor

By Barbara Ortner on November 23, 2007 8:42 AM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks

The high price of crude, unplanned plant outages, force majeures, difficult customers - these all add to the stress of the trader's life. No wonder then that violence can break out on the trading floor.

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By Stephen on November 26, 2007 6:16 PM | Reply

Well, it looked the guy really deserved it for throwing things - and those annoying phone rings would drive anyone bonkers.

At a former company of mine, the two price reporters in London covering the same commodity got into a fist fight over an assessment a few years ago. At least they were unarmed, not something you can count on in Houston!

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