{"id":6048,"date":"2010-05-06T19:12:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T02:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2010-05-07T17:12:22","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T00:12:22","slug":"typo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2010\/05\/06\/typo\/","title":{"rendered":"Typo."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/36999483\">According to multiple sources<\/a>, a trader entered a &#8220;b&#8221; for billion instead of an &#8220;m&#8221; for million in a trade possibly involving <strong><strong>Procter &amp; Gamble<\/strong><\/strong> <span id=\"WSODQ_COMPONENT_PG_ID0EQE15839609\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\/\/ <![CDATA[\ncnbc_comboQuoteMove('popup_pg_ID0EQE15839609');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><span id=\"span_quote_pg_ID0EQE15839609\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\" onmouseover=\"cnbc_spanTipPopShow('combo_popup_pg_ID0EQE15839609',this,'0','15');\" onmouseout=\"cnbc_spanTipPopTimeHide('combo_popup_pg_ID0EQE15839609',this,'0','15');\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12px; color: #004276; text-decoration: none;\"><span id=\"set_quote_pg_ID0EQE15839609\">[<\/span><span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_SYMBOL_1_ID0EQE15839609\">PG<\/span> <span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_LAST_1_ID0EQE15839609\">60.75<\/span> <span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_CHANGEARROW_1_ID0EQE15839609\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.cnbc.com\/i\/CNBC\/CNBC_Images\/componentbacks\/watchlist_down.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span> <span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_DYNACOLOR0_1_ID0EQE15839609\"><span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_CHANGE_1_ID0EQE15839609\">-1.41<\/span> <span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_UNCHHIDE_1_ID0EQE15839609\">(<span id=\"WSODQSTREAMOFF_PG_CHANGEPCT_1_ID0EQE15839609\">-2.27%<\/span>)<\/span><\/span> <span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.cnbc.com\/i\/CNBC\/CNBC_Images\/backgrounds\/realtime_icon.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/span>, a component in the Dow. (CNBC&#8217;s Jim Cramer noted suspicious price movement in P&amp;G stock on air during the height of the market selloff.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Randomness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagetutor.com\/trillion\/index.html\">This page helps us visualize the differenc<\/a>e in typo.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a lad standing next to a million dollars.\u00c2\u00a0 And then he stands before a billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pagetutor.com\/trillion\/pile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"152\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pagetutor.com\/trillion\/pallet_x_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"164\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now imagine those aren&#8217;t 500 dollar bills, but &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Wait.\u00c2\u00a0 Do Brokerages issue stock units of 500?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange took the unusual step of <strong><strong><strong>declaring that they would cancel some trades<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> that took place during the height of the selloff. Both markets said they will cancel all trades more than 60 percent above or below market that occurred between 2:40 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. New York time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Drat.\u00c2\u00a0 That confuses my entire stock portfolio.\u00c2\u00a0 You don&#8217;t understand: when I saw Proctor and Gamble plummet like that, I POUNCED!<\/p>\n<p>I petition to change the word &#8220;billion&#8221; to something else, for a similar difference that you see between &#8220;thousand&#8221; and &#8220;million&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I suggest &#8220;housand&#8221;, but only to see what a TRUE bizarre stock fluctuation looks like.\u00c2\u00a0 (Actually, we&#8217;d go ahead and change the word &#8220;million&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I think my experiment would work out better with that as the variable.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d be irresponsible if I didn&#8217;t mention the other causes cited for today&#8217;s stock market volatility.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ynews\/ynews_wl1925\">People are brandishing Communist slogans in the country of Greece<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 That fateful day has arrived: Capitalism has collapsed.\u00c2\u00a0 We must all now salute Karl Marx.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n............................\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nAdditional: Today's USA Today front page headline: \"The Machines Took Over\".&nbsp; <EM>It begins<\/EM>.&nbsp; \n\/\/ <![CDATA[\n        cnbc_quoteComponent_init_getData(\"pg\",\"WSODQ_COMPONENT_PG_ID0EQE15839609\",\"WSODQ\",\"true\",\"ID0EQE15839609\",\"off\",\"false\",\"inLineQuote\");\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to multiple sources, a trader entered a &#8220;b&#8221; for billion instead of an &#8220;m&#8221; for million in a trade possibly involving Procter &amp; Gamble [PG 60.75 -1.41 (-2.27%) ], a component in the Dow. 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