I thought this may be of interest to PEN holders weighing up market vagueries.
A human trading error at a major firm was the root cause of Thursday's sudden, 9 percent selloff in U.S. stocks, sources told CNBC.
Multiple sources said a trader entered the letter "b"as in "billion"when he or she meant to type "m," for "million," shortly before 2:47 p.m. New York time.
oops.....
full story at:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/36999239
trading error leads to sell off
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