260-261, 264-271Singh, Manmohan, 105skewed distributions, 43slippage, 215Soros, George, 74, 247, 323Bank of England, 177crash of 1987, 292South Korea, impeachment of RohMoo-hyun, 120-121Soviet Union, ouster of MikhailGorbachev, 122-124Spain, Madrid Train bombings (March11, 2004), 117-119special rates, 273special repo rates, 273Spector, Katherine, 168speed of market response, 12SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve),168-171squeezes, 260, 271-273states of the world, 59steepening trades, 53Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), 72stock index futures, 30stock market crash of 1987, 280-292lessons of, 292-293precursors to, 249-251stock market crashes, 3stocks, 318Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR),market interventions, 168-171strong form market efficiency, 21Sumitomo, 227-233symmetric distribution, 43
T-Uterrorist actions, 112-113London terror attacks (July 7,2005), 119-120
INDEXMadrid Train bombings (March 11,2004), 117-119presumed terrorist actions, 113September 11, 2001, 114-115, 117Thai baht, devaluing of, 72Thailand, 174Tietmeyer, Hans, 76timing of trading catalysts, 25Tokyo Stock Exchange, 325accidents, 305-310trade deficits, merchandise tradebalance report (February1987), 194-198trade horizon, 212-216trade selection, 212-216traders, market interventions, 186trades, basis trades, 244Tradesports.com, EuropeanUnion, 111tradingas a game, 23-24, 319off of trading catalysts, 24-27positive feedback trading, 68trading catalysts, 10-12, 316accidents, Mizuho Securities,305-310Asian Financial Crisis. See AsianFinancial Crisis of 1997and 1998breadth of market response, 15-16categorizing, 18clusters, 23comments by politicians andpolicymakers. Seecomments by politiciansand policymakersdo they really influence marketprices?, 19-21duration of market response, 13earnings announcements, 45external trading catalysts, 16foreign markets, 62geopolitical events, 100-102elections. See elections
335impeachment of SouthKorean President RohMoo-hyun, 120-121Khodorkovsky, Mikhail, 102-103ouster of Mikhail Gorbachev,122-124referendums. See referendumsterrorist actions. See terroristactionsintensity of market response, 13-14internal trading catalysts. Seeinternal trading catalystsIraq War, 97liquidity of market, 27market efficiency and, 21-23Merchandise Trade Balance, 12natural disasters, 140-141contamination of food supply(mad cow disease),141, 145potential epidemics andpandemics (SARS),148-149origin of, 321-322reflexive trading catalysts, 14, 17speed of market response, 12timing of, 25trading off of, 24-27trading frenzy, 14trading thesis, 8, 40, 134, 317translation, accidental catalysts,310-312translation risk, 82-83Treasury bondsannouncement discontinuingissuance of 30-year bonds,33-40announcement of potentialresumption of 30-yearbonds, 46-53insider trading, 39merchandise trade balance report(February 1987), 194-198
336merchandise trade balance report(July 1986), 198, 201Treaty of European Union, 107-108Treaty of Maastricht, 176Treaty of Maastrictht (1992), 107-108trial balloon, 171Tropical Storm Arlene, 153Tse, Yiuman, 145tsunamis, Boxing Day tsunami(December 26, 2004), 133-134
VVajpayee, Atal Behari, 104
INDEXweekly money supply report, 205-207weight, attaching to market conditions,54-55World Trade Center bombing(February 26, 1993), 112
YYam, Joseph, 183yen, rise of, 233-239yield curves, riding, 236Youngdahl, John M., 40
ZZedillo, Ernesto, 278
W-Xwar premium, 98wars, 101weak form market efficiency, 21weather, 149-153Chicago flood (April 13, 1992), 155droughts, 150perceived droughts, 151Hurricane Andrew and prepaymentspeed, 155oil, 152-154
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