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How many retail traders burnedup in those months ( NOV 2011 ) due to these false statements due to some trade decisions based on these open interests ... nobody bothers .. Exchanges collect their fines ...
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CME fines Morgan Stanley $50,000 for oil trades

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cme-fines-morgan-stanley-50000-for-oil-trades-2012-06-08-15485128

NEW YORK--Exchange operator CME Group Inc. CME +1.81% said Friday it ordered Morgan Stanley MS +2.24% to pay a $50,000 fine for allegedly overstating its open interest in a crude-oil contract in November 2011.

<b>CME said the investment bank overstated its position in the physically settled December 2011 crude-oil futures contract by 13,267 contracts, or 51.6%, one day before the expiration of the contract.</b>

The overstatement violated a CME rule regarding holding concurrent long and short positions in the futures market, CME said. Morgan Stanley agreed to pay the fine as part of a settlement in which it neither admitted nor denied the rule violation, CME said.

A Morgan Stanley spokeswoman declined to comment.

The fine is the second penalty the bank has faced this week in commodities trading. <b>On Tuesday, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it reached a $5 million settlement with Morgan Stanley for alleged misconduct regarding several off-exchange futures trades between April 2008 and October 2009. </b>
50000 and 5 mil,what do you suppose they made at the time, those fines are probably plea bargained down to .oo5 of estimated profits
 
JUNE 14 th OPEC Metting
JUNE 17 th, Greece Elections

Get ready for big Crude roller coaster this whole week between 83.50 and 88.50

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<b>Greek Election Poses the Next Major Threat

Country's Decision on Whether to Remain in Euro Zone Could have Huge Impact on U.S. Economy and Presidential Vote </b>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303444204577458782405172236.html?mod=googlenews_wsj


<b>GREECE IS SUCH A SMALL ECONOMY. WHY DOES ITS MEMBERSHIP OF THE EURO MATTER? </b>
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-06/D9VABT1G0.htm

True, Greece's economy makes up about 2 percent of the eurozone's overall economic output. But if Greece falls out of the eurozone, investors will become nervous about whether other financially shaky countries, such as Italy or Spain, could also someday leave. That fear would likely drive up borrowing costs for these and other countries, potentially to levels that would require them to seek an international bailout. Europe would then be trapped in a vicious circle.

The European banks that hold much of the continent's government bonds would then become significantly weaker and more reluctant to lend to one another. This could spark off a credit crunch like the one that followed the collapse of the U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers.

This problem could be made even worse by savers and investors taking money out of banks in shaky economies and moving it out to safer countries such as Germany or even out of the eurozone altogether. This could further destabilize the banking system.
 
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